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Mac trojan posing as a PDF file

23

Sep

2011

We may have come across a Mac malware in the making. Detected as Trojan-Dropper:OSX/Revir.A, the malware disguises as a PDF file to trick user into triggering its payload. It starts by dropping a PDF file embedded in its body and opens it in an attempt to prevent the user from noticing the ongoing suspicious activity. […]

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Form-based Phishing

23

Sep

2011

In addition to an interesting malware attack, last week’s spam honeypots prompted this post on something new I’ve been seeing in some phishing attacks: rather than just drop a phishing page onto a hacked site, the Bad Guys drop a self-contained form-generating kit, and use that to generate the page. Here’s what the phishy e-mail […]

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Cross-Scripting Vulnerability in Skype iOS App Exposes Contact Information

20

Sep

2011

A cross-scripting vulnerability affecting Skype’s iOS app has been discovered and a video has been provided, whereby sending a specific a specific text message sent to a user can copy their Address Book. This attack uses Javascript, and, “Executing arbitrary Javascript code is one thing, but I found that Skype also improperly defines the URI […]

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