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There have been persistent media reports that the Shamoon wiper malware we previously covered is linked to attacks against Saudi Aramco.The hardcoded date in the body of destructor matches exactly the declaration by a hacker group about the date and time when the Saudi Aramco company would had been hit but we still cannot definitively […]

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Earlier this year, a new breed of Remote Access Tool (RAT) called Plugx (also known as Korplug) surfaced in the wild. PlugX, reportedly used on limited targeted attacks, is an example of custom-made RATs developed specifically for this purpose. The idea behind using this new tool is simple: less recognition and more elusiveness from security […]

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The security community has been focused on the new Java zero-day exploits that appear to have been taken from a Chinese exploit pack (known as Gondad or KaiXin) used in targeted attacks by the “Nitro” cyber-espionage campaign and then incorporated into criminal operations using the BlackHole Exploit Kit. While the connections between these developments are […]

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