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DDoS Attacks: The Zemra Bot

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Jun

2012

Symantec has become aware of a new Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) crimeware bot known as “Zemra” and detected by Symantec as Backdoor.Zemra. Lately, this threat has been observed performing denial-of-service attacks against organizations with the purpose of extortion. Zemra first appeared on underground forums in May 2012 at a cost of ?100.Figure 1. Zemra […]

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Doctor Web warns users about malicious spam spreading a dangerous Trojan

22

Jun

2012

Russian information security company Doctor Web is reporting on the spread of malicious spam, purportedly originating with carrier service UPS, that is distributing Trojan.Inject1.4969. This malware can steal information, download other applications from remote servers, and execute commands received from intruders. In late June, many users received e-mails supposedly from UPS. Such messages contain a […]

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – June 2012

13

Jun

2012

Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is a larger month—the vendor is releasing seven bulletins covering a total of 27 vulnerabilities. Ten of this month's issues are rated 'Critical' affecting Remote Desktop Protocol and Internet Explorer. The remaining issues affect .NET Framework, Office, and Dynamics AX. As always, customers […]

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