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Trojan.Rodricter spreads by exploiting critical Java vulnerability

05

Sep

2012

On August 26, FireEye reported the discovery of a critical vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment versions 1.7x, which was designated as CVE-2012-4681. Oracle released a security patch only on August 30, and, therefore, the vulnerability remained unclosed for at least four days-an opportunity criminals were quick to take advantage of. Doctor Web determined that a […]

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August 2012 virus activity review: growing botnets, a Java vulnerability, and new threats to Android

03

Sep

2012

The last summer month of the year saw a noticeable increase in activity on the part of virus makers and Internet fraudsters-pretty much in line with our expectations. Fraudsters crafting paid archive hoaxes came to incorporate malicious software such as Trojan.Mayachok.1 into their “products”. Compared with July, the number of new threats discovered by Doctor […]

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July 2012 virus activity review: the summer lull and a new threat to Mac OS

01

Aug

2012

July 2012 saw an increased number of system infections by blocker Trojans; at the same time, because one of the largest BackDoor.Blackenergy botnets was brought down, spam traffic declined significantly. At the end of the month, Doctor Web discovered a cross-platform Trojan, dubbed BackDoor.DaVinci.1, targeting both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It should be […]

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