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Web-based malware has increased over the last few years due to an abrupt spike in new exploit kits. These kits target vulnerabilities in popular applications and provide an effective way for cybercriminals to distribute malware. We have already discussed Red Kit, a common exploit kit. Recently McAfee Labs has observed an increase in the prevalence […]

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Recent months have produced little of interest among worms written in Java and script languages such as JavaScript and VBScript. The main reason behind this was the limited proficiency of the virus writers, whose creations were anything but remarkable. However, a couple of malware samples grabbed our attention; their complexity is testimony to the fact […]

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We have to be honest here, there’s no fun in cleaning up infected .htaccess files. It’s boring, but it happens a lot! But it’s not the case here. I will also caveat that while in this specific instance we’ll be talking to one specific platform, we are seeing this same tactic spread across a number […]

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