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TDSS + Bitcoin = ?

14

Sep

2011

Bitсoin is an electronic currency built with P2P and designed for anonymous financial transactions in the Internet. Besides the obvious advantages for users this currency is also very ‘capable’ for cybercriminals. We wrote about different examples of malware used for monetization here and here. But now we will discuss TDSS and its new module for […]

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An analysis of the ACH spam campaign

08

Sep

2011

Recently, we have seen a resurgence of malicious spam campaigns using an “ACH” theme. The Automated Clearing House (ACH) is an an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States overseen by NACHA. Last week, we came across a suspicious looking spam campaign with the unusual subject line “UAE Central Bank Warning: Email scam […]

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AES Proved Vulnerable by Microsoft Researchers

18

Aug

2011

Researchers from Microsoft and the Dutch Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered a way to break the widely used Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the encryption algorithm used to secure most all online transactions and wireless communications. Their attack can recover an AES secret key from three to five times faster than previously thought possible, reported the […]

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