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The where and why of HLUX

15

Feb

2012

This is not the first time the HLUX botnet has been mentioned in this blog, but there are still some unanswered questions that we’ve been receiving from the media: What is the botnet’s sphere of activity? What sort of commands does it receive from malicious users? How does the bot spread? How many infected computers […]

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Extracting the fare

15

Feb

2012

When malware is found lurking on a system, quite often it isn’t acting alone. Once malware distributors have control of a system, they will do everything they can to compromise the machine and the user for maximum gain — for instance, hijacking a browser’s search results, or using rogue security software to extract payments from affected […]

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Notes on internal MacOS anti-malware tool (aka XProtect)

02

Jul

2011

On August 28, 2009, Apple released Snow Leopard. One of new functions added to this version is basic anti-malware tool called “XProtect”. The name is based on the name of one .plist file which contains strings that are necessary for detection. Apple had not provided a name for the tool, so developers made it. Latest […]

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