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Despite takedown, the Dridex botnet is running again

26

Oct

2015

Spam emails containing the Dridex malware are being seen almost daily despite the arrest of one of its key operators in August. The finding confirms that while law enforcement can claim temporary victories in fighting cyber-criminal networks, it’s sometimes difficult to completely shut down their operations. The U.S. Department of Justice said on Oct. 13 […]

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Central Tibetan Administration Website Strategically Compromised as Part of Watering Hole Attack

12

Aug

2013

A snippet of code on the Central Tibetan Administration website redirects CN speaking visitors to a Java exploit that drops an APT-related backdoor. For some context, the site claims the administration itself as “…the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this is the continuation of the government of independent Tibet.” The […]

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Elderwood Project Behind Latest Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability

04

Jan

2013

In our recent blogs about the latest Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, we explained what watering hole attacks are and referenced our research paper about the Elderwood Project. The paper highlights a string of watering hole attacks by the Elderwood group. After revisiting those previous attacks, we have been able to confirm that this latest Internet […]

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