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Technical paper: The ZeroAccess rootkit under the microscope

11

Apr

2012

ZeroAccess is a sophisticated kernel-mode rootkit that is quickly becoming one of the most widespread malware threats.In a new technical paper from SophosLabs, malware researcher James Wyke explores the ZeroAccess threat, examines how it works and looks at what the malware’s ultimate goal is.ZeroAccess has a resilient peer-to-peer command and control infrastructure, runs on both […]

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Blackhole’s Lesser Known Exploit

02

Apr

2012

Although Blackhole has been investigated and dissected multiple times, there are still some surprises that emerge. One thing we just discovered is an exploit for CVE-2011-0559, which is one of the two Flash exploits being used by Blackhole currently.Compared to other exploits, this one has been used by Blackhole for quite some time and yet. […]

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WordPress Page is Loading… an Exploit

16

Mar

2012

WordPress.org is being targeted once again, and although this time there isn’t much sneaky sophistication, the infection is still prevalent enough for Internet users to be wary. Spam appears to be the driver of these campaigns. Various websites have already been identified to be redirecting to Blackhole exploit kit. Compromised websites would render any of […]

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