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ZeuS Ransomware Feature: win_unlock

21

May

2012

Earlier today, while doing our daily data mining, we came across a new variant of ZeuS 2.x. It includes a new backdoor command called: win_unlock. Very interesting, turns out this slightly modified ZeuS 2.x includes a ransomware feature. When this particular variant is executed, it opens Internet Explorer with a specific page (lex.creativesandboxs.com/locker/lock.php) and prevents […]

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Lizamoon Mass SQL-Injection: Tried and Tested Formula

08

May

2012

Analysis: Kevin Savage Following our recent blog post on malicious Web injects, here is an example affecting the distribution of a malicious Android application. This is an example of a traditional type but on a larger scale. Those of us in the security industry are well aware of a certain email address—jamesnorthone@hotmailbox.com—which registers domains consistently […]

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Blackhole’s Lesser Known Exploit

02

Apr

2012

Although Blackhole has been investigated and dissected multiple times, there are still some surprises that emerge. One thing we just discovered is an exploit for CVE-2011-0559, which is one of the two Flash exploits being used by Blackhole currently.Compared to other exploits, this one has been used by Blackhole for quite some time and yet. […]

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