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NGRBot Posing as Skype Targets Social Networking Sites

13

Oct

2012

We recently received a sample of the malware NGRBot from a customer, who got a spam email with what appears to be a Skype link. Victims are lured into clicking a link that promises an image. Once victims click the link, the file skype_09-10-12_image.exe gets dropped on their machines and launches itself, spamming all of […]

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Hidden details about the last Skype spread malware

10

Oct

2012

Many things have been told already about the latest Skype malware spread via instant messages. However I just wanted to add something not mentioned yet. The first thing is about when the attack was launched first. According to Google Short URL service it first surfaced on Oct 6th : To be exact it happened at […]

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Hundreds of Thousands of Macs Infected by Flashback Malware

05

Apr

2012

Since the latest variants of the Flashback malware have appeared, this malware has been very effective in infecting Macs. Exploiting a Java vulnerability, infections occurred, in many cases, with no user intervention. Russian security company Dr. Web, which analyzed server traffic to the Flashback command and control severs, estimates that more than 500,000 Macs are […]

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