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An Outbreak: Backdoor Simda!

11

Jul

2013

Backdoor Simda is known for about 3 years. Recently a new major outbreak occurred. The new variant of the backdoor is downloaded from certain sites containing video. The frames in the video propose to download new version of Flash Player able to play a movie in newer flash format. The backdoor executable is downloaded and […]

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Android Vulnerability Allows App Hijacking

10

Jul

2013

A serious Android vulnerability, set to be disclosed at the Blackhat conference, has now been publicly disclosed. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious code into legitimate apps without invalidating the digital signature.Android applications must be digitally signed. This allows one to ensure the code within the app has not been tampered with and also […]

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Rendering the Web Red with Redkit

09

Jul

2013

On June 26, we observed an exploit kit attack on the Segway website. Symantec has notified Segway about the attack and Segway has since taken steps to ensure their website is no longer compromised. This blog will look at the details of an attack using the Redkit exploit kit.Attack detailsCode is injected into a jQuery […]

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