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Brazilian Trojan bankers now digitally signed

03

Sep

2012

How easy is it for bad guys to buy valid digital certificates from CAs using fake data and then start signing Trojan bankers with them? In Brazil it appears to be very easy. Today most software developers digitally sign their programs. The process involves Certification Authorities (CAs) that must verify the authenticity of the files […]

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Merchant of Malice: Trojan.Shylock Injects Phone Numbers into Online Banking Websites

08

Aug

2012

A strain of financial banking Trojans which runs browser-based man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks has reared its ugly head once again. Trojan.Shylock is sophisticated malware which utilizes fake digital certificates and intercepts network traffic to inject code into banking websites. It tricks users into providing login and account details to cybercriminals. Recently, it has developed new tricks […]

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The Advanced Features of the Flame Malware

08

Jun

2012

It’s been a little more than a week since Flame was first identified. The FortiGuard Labs team posted a couple of earlier stories here and here.What we know now is that Flame is among the most advanced pieces of malware we’ve ever encountered. The complexity of the code alone leads us to strongly suspect a […]

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