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Trojan.Milicenso: Infection through .htaccess Redirection

04

Jul

2012

Due to additional research of the Trojan.Milicenso threat (a.k.a “Printer Bomb”), we have determined that the threat is downloaded by an .htaccess redirection Web attack and that at least 4,000 websites have been compromised by the gang responsible for the threat. Redirection using the .htaccess fileThe .htaccess file is a configuration file for Web servers that […]

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Who is attacking me?

03

Jul

2012

Browsing is a risky activity from a security point of view. The good old times when we could identify a bunch of suspicious sites and avoid them are gone forever. Massive infections of websites are common nowadays, blindly infecting as many sites as possible. Once these sites are compromised, the access is usually sold to […]

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Blackhole Exploit Kit Gets an Upgrade: Pseudo-random Domains

27

Jun

2012

The Blackhole exploit kit has been extensively covered by Symantec for some time. As a brief reminder, like other exploit kits such as Phoenix, people using Blackhole compromise a legitimate site, inserting malicious and highly obfuscated JavaScript code into the site’s main page. To evade detection and avoid attracting suspicion, the rest of the page […]

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