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Targeted Attacks Make WinHelp Files Not So Helpful

16

Oct

2012

Last year Symantec reported on the use of the Windows Help File (.hlp) extension as an attack vector in targeted attacks. Symantec telemetry is now increasingly seeing this attack vector being used in targeted attacks against industry and government sectors. The nefarious WinHelp files being used in these targeted attacks are detected by Symantec as […]

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W32.Flamer.B: Additional Module Discovered

15

Oct

2012

In our joint analysis of a W32.Flamer command-and-control (C&C) server, as documented here, we described several C&C server protocols present in code on the server. One of those protocols we knew was associated with W32.Flamer. The other remaining protocol had not previously been observed in the wild and no samples were retrieved which used those […]

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Malware Dubbed “The Remote Control Virus” by Japanese Media Used to Make Death Threats in Japan

11

Oct

2012

News broke over the weekend in Japan that police had arrested three people over the past few months in relation to death threats being posted on bulletin boards and sent through email. However, it was also reported that the suspects were subsequently released without charge due to the discovery of a particular malware infection on […]

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