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W32.IRCBot.NG and W32.PhopifasIn a previous blog, my colleague Kevin Savage detailed a social engineering attack that utilized instant messaging applications. While the infection rates of W32.IRCBot.NG and W32.Phopifas have passed their peaks, the modules continue to be updated daily.The infection routine of these threats has not changed since they were discovered, but the threat authors […]

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I’ve worked in this industry for some time now, but to be frank, working as a writer with the MMPC I don’t see too much live malware action from the front lines. I tend to write about other people’s experiences with malware. However, I had this experience recently that I wanted to share with you, […]

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FBI’s “Operation Ghost Click” was discussed earlier by my colleague Kurt here and here and now it comes to an end. Next Monday, 9th of July, at 06:00 (MEZ) the temporary DNS-servers setup by FBI will be shut down. But still there are still thousands of infected machines – one can wonder, what will happen […]

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