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Web Threat Update: MSN Cool Exploit Kit

22

Jan

2013

1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScannerR detections on an Italian language MSN page. The website contained an obfuscated redirect to another website running the Cool Exploit Kit and installing ransomware on users’ machines. In the screenshot below you see the […]

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WORM_VOBFUS Infections Not Out of the Picture Yet

18

Dec

2012

As the WORM_VOBFUS story unfolds, new variants are surfacing, including one that connects to a new site and uses Google and MSN to name its dropped files.We recently reported on the wave of WORM_VOBFUS variants that emerged in the wild last November. We have been monitoring the said threat and found out that its latest […]

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Malware That Pretends To Be Google

06

Jul

2012

Malware authors (AKA the criminals or the bad guys), use many advanced techniques to hide their activities. From encoding, to encrypting, to auto-generated random domains, conditional redirections and many other interesting methods.In the middle of all their advanced options, they also use simple techniques to confuse the end user to think that a malicious domain […]

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