Last week, I was taking a look at some traffic when an interesting domain name jumped out at me. (Well, it didn't literally jump out at me, of course. I'd probably describe its behavior more along the lines of "a needle trying to hide behind a bunch of hay"…) The domain was advancedprotector.com, and since […]
I recently obtained a PoisonIvy sample which uses a legitimate application in an effort to stay under the radar.In this case, the PoisonIvy variant detected as BKDR_POISON.BTA (named as newdev.dll) took advantage of a technique known as a DLL preloading attack (aka binary planting) instead of exploiting previously known techniques. The malware was located in […]
It’s an ongoing tale of douchery-and a sad one at that-when we see how scammers play their tricks online in order to dupe practically anyone. They leave no room for distinction with regard to who they target. And why would they? When it comes to online fraud, everyone is a cash cow, even those with little to […]
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