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Malware distribution using fake YouTube pages

26

Jul

2011

Attackers often create fake YouTube pages in an effort to lure a victim into downloading malicious binaries. During our research, we recently found an example of such a site. When a victim visits the page, a security warning will pop up saying “The application’s digital signature cannot be verified. Do you want to run the […]

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Backdoor Olyx – is it malware on a mission for Mac?

26

Jul

2011

The recent emergence of rogue security software applications for Mac demonstrates how cybercriminals effectively use social engineering techniques to manipulate users’ responses – specifically, exploiting user’s fear of revealing sensitive information such as credit card details. This scare tactic evidently works regardless of the platform. While financial gain is primarily the motivation that drives elaborate […]

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TDL4: new bootkits stepping out

31

May

2011

My colleague Aleks Matrosov has come across an interesting if uncomfortable post on a Russian language forum, advertising a "Boot loader for drivers" currently under test that doesn't require a Digital Signature driver, which sounds very much like our old friend TDL4. This metamorphic malware (each build generates a fresh binary) loads before the start of PatchGuard. It's […]

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