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How easily USteal my passwords

May

2013

Bundling malware and legitimate software on unofficial download websites is an effective way of tricking users into running malicious files. We often see keygens, hacktools and game trainers bundled with trojans and posted on forums or as comments under videos. I recently analyzed a file that claimed to be a game tool used for customizing Dota2, […]

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The further exploits of the rogue distributors

Apr

2013

We can safely say that since we encountered our first rogue, they’ve always commanded a presence in the malware ecosystem. That was, until recently we observed a decrease in rogue activity. That’s not to say they went away altogether – no, not at all – but towards the end of January we did see markedly […]

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MSRT February 2013 – Sirefef

Feb

2013

The family added to the February release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool is Win32/Sirefef. Win32/Sirefef is a highly prevalent complex multi-component family which continues to evolve. The payload for current variants may include such actions as modifying browser search engine results, generating pay-per-click revenue and performing Bitcoin mining on an affected computer. The first detection […]

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