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Iranian firefighters’ website compromised to serve VertexNet RAT

Nov

2012

Thanks to the Websense® ThreatSeeker™ Network, we have detected that an Iranian website has been compromised to serve a Remote Administration Tool (RAT) called VertexNet. This website does not have a high Alexa rank, but is one of a few cases which has caught our attention. The targeted website (reachable at the URL: hxxp://www.sarifire.ir) seems to be a portal documenting the activities of firefighters in the […]

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London Olympics Search Results Lead to Objectionable Sites

Aug

2012

We’ve previously blogged about Olympic ticket scams, phishing, malware designed to propagate through social networking, and other Olympic security concerns. We also know that hackers take advantage of people searching for breaking news and trending topics about the Olympics through various SEO poisoning techniques. When Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvilii died in a tragic training accident just before the Vancouver Olympics in […]

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AVG Web Threat Update: Week 22

Jun

2012

1. “Canadian pharmacy” uses phony YouTube video to attract business The AVG Web Threats Research team this week found a “Canadian pharmacy” site that has loaded up YouTube with phony videos really intended to game search engine results and draw visitors to their site. A YouTube search for “nail technician schools in Houston” turns up […]

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