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The “Nitro” Campaign and Java Zero-Day

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Aug

2012

The security community has been focused on the new Java zero-day exploits that appear to have been taken from a Chinese exploit pack (known as Gondad or KaiXin) used in targeted attacks by the “Nitro” cyber-espionage campaign and then incorporated into criminal operations using the BlackHole Exploit Kit. While the connections between these developments are […]

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What was that Wiper thing?

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Aug

2012

In April 2012, several stories were published about a mysterious malware attack shutting down computer systems at businesses throughout Iran.Several articles mentioned that a virus named Wiper was responsible. Yet, no samples were available from these attacks, causing many to doubt the accuracy of these reports.Following these incidents, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) asked Kaspersky […]

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AutoIt and Malware: What’s the Connection?

29

Aug

2012

During the last couple of weeks I’ve come across three malware samples packed using compiled AutoIt scripts, so I decided to explore the connection between AutoIt and the malware world. I took the latest 50 samples marked as AutoIt that were submitted to the free scanning site VirusTotal.Here are the statistics: 11 wrongly classified as malware. Four […]

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