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Game Change: Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks

29

Mar

2012

After our previous finding involving a targeted attack whose payload were OS-dependent, we encountered a more recent run that leads to a malicious file specifically affecting Mac OSX. The said malware, detected as TROJ_MDROPPER.LB, is a MAC RAT/backdoor being used in Pro-Tibetan targeted campaigns, as initially described by Alienvault. In investigating the campaign, we found […]

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Friday the Thirteenth – in memory of malware mayhem

13

Jan

2012

It’s Friday the Thirteenth, an infamous date in the history of malware. So here’s a satirical trip down memory lane to consider other dies irae in the computer virus calendar: * Jerusalem virus – deletes files on any Friday the 13th from 1988 onwards. This virus came out in 1987 but explicitly suppressed its payload […]

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c*redret.ru sites to block

12

Dec

2011

Another bunch of “redret” sites to block, either by domain name or IP. These domains are being used as the payloads for spam emails and leave to a malicious web page. 79.137.237.63 (Digital Network JSC aka DINETHOSTING, Russia – recommend blocking 79.137.224.0/20) crredret.ru ctredret.ru czredret.ru 79.137.237.67 ((Digital Network JSC again) ciredret.ru coredret.ru cpredret.ru 91.195.11.42 (UkrStar ISP, Ukraine – recommend blocking […]

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