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Mysterious Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication

01

May

2013

The story of the mysterious malware detected by ESET as Win32/Rootkit.Avatar began in February 2013 when some adverts for this rootkit leaked from Russian cybercrime forums (http://pastebin.com/maPY7SS8). This information produced some heated discussions in the malware research community, however a sample of the Avatar rootkit was not found and published, until now. In this blog […]

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Kelihos/Hlux botnet returns with new techniques

31

Jan

2012

It has been four months since Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab announced the disruption of Kelihos/Hlux botnet. The sinkholing method that was used has its advantages — it is possible to disable a botnet rather quickly without taking control over the infrastructure.However,as this particular case showed, it is not very effective if the botnet’s masters are […]

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“We are going to sue you” scare tactic used in malicious Emails

21

Sep

2011

“What do I do if my email account has been spamming to the outside? I just got an email warning me that I will be sued!”Don’t worry just yet. When spam cannot lure you, then they will try to scare you! Here is a spam social engineered to trick to you into launching malware. WebsenseR ThreatSeekerR Network has […]

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