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MSRT March 2012: Breaking bad

14

Mar

2012

This month, the MMPC added Win32/Dorkbot to the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool along with detections for the threats Win32/Hioles, Win32/Pluzoks and Win32/Yeltminky. Win32/Dorkbot is described as an IRC-based botnet and a worm, a backdoor with rootkit capability and a password stealer. Despite using a very simple IRC protocol to communicate with the command and […]

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Tsunami backdoor for Mac OS X discovered

26

Oct

2011

OSX/Tsunami-A, a new backdoor Trojan horse for Mac OS X, has been discovered. What makes Tsunami particularly interesting is that it appears to be a port of Troj/Kaiten, a Linux backdoor Trojan horse that once it has embedded itself on a computer system listens to an IRC channel for further instructions. Typically code like this […]

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Anonymous attacks agri-giant Monsanto, leaking information on 2,500 employees

13

Jul

2011

Anonymous has launched what they portray as an opening salvo against international agricultural giant Monsanto. Calling their mission #OpMonsanto, they released the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of over 2,500 Monsanto employees and affiliates. Anonymous didn’t release details on types of systems, flaws or anything else that might explain how they acquired the stolen […]

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