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We recently came across a sample of a back door remote access tool (RAT) written entirely in Java. The RAT is freely distributed on underground forums, free for any registered forum user to download. It is named Frutas, which means “fruit” in Spanish. Figure 1. Frutas logo The Frutas RAT allows attackers to create a connect-back client […]

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1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScannerR detections on an Italian language MSN page. The website contained an obfuscated redirect to another website running the Cool Exploit Kit and installing ransomware on users’ machines. In the screenshot below you see the […]

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Just a quick note, it’s only the second week of January, but early 2013 brings with it the first Java 0day mass exploit distribution of the year. There appears to be multiple ad networks redirecting to Blackhole sites, amplifying the mass exploitation problem. We have seen ads from legitimate sites, especially in the UK, Brazil, […]

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