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Critical Java exploit used to spread malware

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Mar

2012

If you haven’t updated the Java installation you might be exposed to the newest exploit identified as CVE-2012-0507. The exploit allows the bypassing of Java’s sandbox, a mechanism that is designed partly to prevent attacks from malicious code. Through the exploit are currently Zeus-Trojans downloaded and silently installed in the system. Avira software detects this […]

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Tibet.C Malware Delivered by Poisoned Word Documents Installs Backdoors on Macs

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Mar

2012

Intego has been examining several samples of new Mac malware, Tibet.C, which uses Word documents to install a backdoor on Macs. The infected Word files look like real files when users double-click them – they display text just like regular Word files – but actually contain three parts, that are concatenated within the file, and […]

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Game Change: Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks

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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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