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Dishigy dishes out the DDoS and we dig deeper…

May

2012

The May edition of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool saw the inclusion of two new malware families: Win32/Unruy and Win32/Dishigy. Let’s dig a bit deeper into Dishigy and the nature of Denial of Service.So, bear with me while I take you back to security 101.A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is a pretty straightforward […]

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MSRT April 2012: Win32/Claretore

Apr

2012

We included three threat families in the April edition of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool – Win32/Claretore, Win32/Bocinex and Win32/Gamarue. In this post, we discuss Win32/Claretore. The earliest reported variant in this family can be traced back to November 2011. Claretore is a trojan that injects itself into running processes to intercept browser traffic […]

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Pramro and Sality – two PEs in a pod

Feb

2012

?The second of the families added to the February release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is Win32/Pramro. Win32/Pramro is a family of trojans that can act as a SOCKS proxy on an infected computer. In this case, this proxy may be used to relay spam and HTTP traffic. Detection was first added […]

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