Posts Tagged ‘Landscape’

Game Change: Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks

Mar

2012

After our previous finding involving a targeted attack whose payload were OS-dependent, we encountered a more recent run that leads to a malicious file specifically affecting Mac OSX. The said malware, detected as TROJ_MDROPPER.LB, is a MAC RAT/backdoor being used in Pro-Tibetan targeted campaigns, as initially described by Alienvault. In investigating the campaign, we found […]

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Fake Version of Temple Run Unearthed in the Android Market

Feb

2012

In our daily monitoring of the mobile threat landscape, we found a copy of the game Temple Run in the Android Market. Temple Run is a popular game app currently available for iOS only. I checked the app and immediately noticed something odd about it. I decided to analyze it to check if my doubts […]

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Learning to Analyze Computer Viruses: Year Five

Jan

2012

For the fifth year now we are arranging a course on malware (malicious software) analysis in co-operation with Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. The first lecture is on January 18th by our Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen. If you are studying at Aalto, we’d be glad to see you on the course! If you have […]

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