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Malware replacing Windows system file is an old trick. But replacing other application’s module is not very common due to complicated trigging requirement. In the past, we only saw some malware would modify QQ’s components to steal user’s QQ account credentials. These days, we found a malware would replace several popular applications’ modules to behave […]

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At F-Secure Labs, we design, build, and use numerous systems that perform automated sample analysis. Some of that automation monitors suspicious code for various keywords. And why do we monitor for keywords? Because some malware authors like to embed hidden messages in their code. For example, Virus:W32/Divvi contains this string: “Mikko cut ur ponytail” — […]

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