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Persistent Black Hole Spam Runs Underway

30

Apr

2012

Over the past month we’ve been investigating several high-volume spam runs that sent users to websites compromised with the Black Hole exploit kit. Some of the spam runs that were part of this investigation used the name of Facebook, and US Airways. Other spam runs involved LinkedIn, as well as USPS. The most recent campaign […]

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Rovnix Reloaded: new step of evolution

23

Feb

2012

[More research from our colleagues in Russia] In the beginning of February we found a new modification of our “old friend” Win32/Rovnix (the dropper detected as Win32/Rovnix.B trojan), which is the first bootkit using VBR (Volume Boot Record) infection. An interesting fact is that Rovnix bootkit components were used in Win32/Carberp, the most widely spread […]

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A New Twist in Fake-warez Malware

26

Jan

2012

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything from the world of “fake warez” malware. Last week I came across a site that’s using a different tactic than the “classic” method. On the surface, it looks very similar: But when I clicked a sample link (I chose “corel 2000” out of random curiosity), instead of […]

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