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The Shamoon Attacks Continue

04
Sep
2012

Symantec Security Response has been investigating further reports of infections of W32.Disstrack, the threat used in the Shamoon attacks. W32.Disttrack is a highly destructive threat that destroys files and the master boot record (MBR) of the infected machine, causing maximum disruption.W32.Disttrack uses a hardcoded “wiping date” which is read from a variably named “.pnf” file […]

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Online pharmacy spam disguised as LinkedIn message

12
Jan
2012

We have posted many times about online pharmacy spam disguised as phishing emails for various entities like Amazon, Paypal, eBay, AOL, Facebook and Twitter. Since the end of December 2011, we have started to see large amounts of emails being sent in the name of the well known professional social network LinkedIn. They appear as […]

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ekoParty 2011

24
Sep
2011

I have been in Buenos Aires attending the ekoParty security conference, which has recently exploded in popularity. This year saw more than 1,000 attendees. ekoParty is a premier technical conference in Latin America (think Defcon/Blackhat) that showcases presenters from around the world, with the bulk of them local to Argentina. The conference runs three days […]

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