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Rovnix Reloaded: new step of evolution

23

Feb

2012

[More research from our colleagues in Russia] In the beginning of February we found a new modification of our “old friend” Win32/Rovnix (the dropper detected as Win32/Rovnix.B trojan), which is the first bootkit using VBR (Volume Boot Record) infection. An interesting fact is that Rovnix bootkit components were used in Win32/Carberp, the most widely spread […]

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Towering Qbot Certificates

28

Sep

2011

New stolen digital certificates are used by the multi-purpose backdoor Qbot. The criminals behind the Qbot trojan are certainly not inactive. As I mentioned in a blog post earlier this month, after a quiet summer we have seen a batch of new Qbot variants. An interesting fact is that the malicious binaries were digitally signed. […]

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Facebook under attack by scammers

17

May

2011

Facebook is facing no shortage of attacks from scammers. Yesterday, I posted a blog about a recent scam being circulated on the Facebook network and only a few hours later, we uncovered yet another one. The goal of this scam remains the same as earlier one, namely to coerce Facebook users into completing various surveys […]

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