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New Targeted Attack Using Office Exploit Found In The Wild

09

Feb

2012

Contribution: Takayoshi Nakayama I was going through some files we acquired related to targeted attacks the other day and an unusual set of files caught my eyes. We did some analysis on the files and it turns out a pair of files in the set exploits a vulnerability we have not seen in the wild […]

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Malicious Password-protected Documents used in Targeted Attacks

29

Dec

2011

Recently, we discovered malware in the wild in the form of document files, such as PDF and Word, using password protection. The malware are used as attachments in email in limited, targeted attacks. Passwords for document files are commonly used to prevent unauthorized access to the files by encrypting them with passwords. However, attackers are […]

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Hot on the trail of Duqu with Microsoft’s MAPP

11

Nov

2011

The Duqu malware has raised the specter of Stuxnet II, with some in the security community claiming that this new Trojan is a reverse-engineered copy of Stuxnet – the infamous malware that may have sold more newspapers than it damaged nuclear centrifuges. Unlike Stuxnet, Duqu is designed to steal data from the targeted organization, not […]

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