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South Korean Banks, Media Companies Targeted by Destructive Malware

21

Mar

2013

A massive computer shutdown of two South Korean banks and media companies occurred Wednesday via an Internet malware attack. The malware wiped out the master boot records on the hard drives of the infected computers, overwriting the MBR with either one of these strings: PRINCPES PR!NCPES HASTATI. Figure 1: Snapshot of MBR after infection.The attack […]

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South Korean Banks and Broadcasting Organizations Suffer Major Damage from Cyber Attack

20

Mar

2013

It has been reported in the media that several South Korean banks and local broadcasting organizations have been impacted by a cyber attack.The attack included the defacement of a Korean ISP/telecoms provider and also the crippling of servers belonging to a number of organizations.The defacement displays an elaborate animated Web page with sound effects, showing […]

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CPD Makes Use of Hidden Sectors

14

Feb

2013

Antimalware researchers Marius Tivadar and Cristian Istrate are back, this time with an update on the infamous CPD bootkit family:

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