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Backdoor.Korplug: Loading Malicious Components Through Trusted Applications

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Jul

2012

Symantec is observing limited targeted attacks using a new backdoor Trojan, Backdoor.Korplug. This backdoor surfaced earlier this year in March 2012. In these attacks, the targets are sent a crafted email containing a malicious attachment, typically in the form of a password protected zip file containing a malicious executable or in the form of an […]

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Jumping in to the Flames of SkyWiper

30

May

2012

There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/SkyWiper threat. As we started to analyze this threat we instantly knew from the very beginning that this is going to be a giant undertaking and potentially very long term. We wanted to pause to help the people we protect visualize the kind […]

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Follow up on the top blacklisted sites

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May

2012

Earlier this week, I researched the top websites blacklisted by Google. I’ve looked at more of these websites over the last three days to better understand the most common attacks. The findings are quite disappointing. First, most infected websites are not cleaned up after three days. Webmasters should see a huge drop in their traffic, […]

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