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DDoS Watch: Keeping an Eye on Aldi Bot

06

Oct

2011

Background The intention of this entry is to profile some elements of the Aldi Bot in order to provide value for the security operations community and malware research community. Aldi Bot is a newer inexpensive DDoS bot that is growing in popularity. Recent data (September 30 2011) suggests that there are at least 50 distinct […]

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Beware of new Windows activation Trojan – Malware asks users to pay a ?100 fine to re-activate the computer

06

Sep

2011

In case of an infection, the pc is locked and inoperable. The malware displays a screen with a fake Microsoft Windows activation request: G Data products identify this particular ransomware as Trojan.Generic.KDV.340157 (Engine A) and Win32:Trojan-gen (Engine B). How one can identify this kind of threat as rip-off:First of all, one should not be […]

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New malware attack via Facebook – A tricky approach can cause immense damage

17

Aug

2011

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this: The shortened URLs varied, but the outcome has been the same: Clicking the link downloaded an executable file that disguises as .jpg file! In case […]

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