Posts Tagged ‘malicious files’

Fake AV and PRISM warning on hijacked website

Sep

2013

While many individuals are concerned about privacy in light of PRISM, some malicious actors are using the program to scare naive users into installing ransomware. Since August 23rd, we have seen about 20 domains that carry FakeAV and Ransomware. These websites seem to have been hijacked. They are all hosting the malicious content over port […]

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Targeted Attacks Deliver Disassembled Malware

Aug

2013

Shortcut files have recently become a common vehicle used in targeted attacks to deliver malware into organizations. Symantec has observed a variety of ways shortcut files are being used to penetrate networks, such as the one described in a previous blog. We recently came across another example of how this file type is being used […]

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Virus Researcher QA (m/f)

Aug

2013

Virus Researcher QA (m/f) Posted: 8 August 2013 Company name: Avira Operations GmbH & Co.KG Location: Tettnang, Lake Constance Germany Travel: none Poster represents: employer Terms of employment: Salaried employee Hours: full time Onsite: yes Description:As a member of Avira’s Protection QA team you will significantly contribute to improve the quality of Avira’s detection technologies […]

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