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Support Scammers (mis)using INF and PREFETCH

Mar

2012

Here's a quick summary of the PREFETCH and INF ploys I mentioned in a separate blog here. These are alternatives (or supplements) used by support scammers from India to the Event Viewer and ASSOC/CLSID ploys also used to "prove" to a victim that their system is infected with malware or has other security/integrity problems. The "Prefetch" command shows […]

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Facebook Worm: ZeuS is not your (FB) Friend

Dec

2011

Danish security company CSIS have reported a worm that really does spread through Facebook, unlike some of the malware we've seen described in hoaxes recently. Peter Kruse tells us that the worm logs in as the owner of the infected system and spams messages to his or her friends. The message consists of a link […]

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Virtualization & Conferencing

Nov

2011

Sadly, having signed up some time ago (see Conferencing in the Metaverse) for the SC Virtual Summit taking place today , I'm too tied up with other things to actually attend. The summit offers "live webcasts, videos and exhibitors all in a virtual world…" On entering the virtual exhibition hall, visitors can view live videos, download white […]

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