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When Web Servers Serve Evil

May

2013

In the last few months, we have witnessed a rise in the number of cases of modified Web servers that inject malicious redirections into every website that it hosts. One example was the malicious Apache module (Linux.Chapro and Trojan.Apmod) that we blogged about recently. A newer example is Linux.Cdorked, about which our friends at ESET […]

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MSRT November ’12 – Weelsof around the world

Dec

2012

Win32/Weelsof is part of a large malware family called ransomware, which is different from your traditional trojans and worms. Ransomware’s main goal is to financially benefit from every infected user and force them to pay. We included Win32/Weelsof in our November release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Malware entry point The user can be […]

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New Trojan spy steals short messages on Android devices

Jun

2012

Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web is warning users about a new version of the Android.SpyEye program that intercepts incoming short messages received by mobile devices. This Trojan is disguised as Android Security Suite Premium, allegedly protecting smartphones from malicious software. The new version of the Trojan also has a shield icon and is added to […]

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