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Answers.com hit by BlackHole

15

May

2012

In the morning of May 12th our malware outbreak sensors registered another BlackHole outbreak hitting one of the Top 200 Alexa rank domains: Answers.com. Its RSS feed generated resource was infected with BlackHole exploit kit. The XML output file at the URL feeds.answers.com was prepended with an obfuscated JavaScript. The malicious code looks like this: […]

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Have you seen this picture of yours in attachment?? Three Facebook friends sent it to me today!

23

Apr

2012

A series of emails with malware attachments have been widely distributed in the last few days. The emails alert the recipient about a picture of themselves (or an ex-girlfriend) that has been circulated online. The text from three of the messages is shown below: Sorry to disturb you , – I have a question- have […]

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Phony LinkedIn reminders help users connect with malware

19

Apr

2012

Phony LinkedIn invitations are not a new phenomenon. What tends to change is the underlying delivery method used for the malware distribution – In this case compromised websites that unknowingly host malicious scripts. The LinkedIn reminders that are included in the attack include several variables such as names, relationships, and the number of messages awaiting […]

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