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Following our recent blog posts regarding the propagation of Java vulnerability CVE-2012-4681 (New Java 0-day used in small number of attacks) and its subsequent inclusion in the infamous Blackhole Exploit Kit (New Java 0-day added to Blackhole Exploit Kit),  the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected a new malicious email campaign purporting to be an order […]

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For this month’s Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) release, we will include two families: Win32/Matsnu and Win32/Bafruz. Our focus for this blog will be Bafruz, which is a multi-component backdoor that creates a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network of infected computers (using C&C, for instance), and includes a nasty list of payloads, as well as unique means […]

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Kaspersky Lab has discovered complex espionage malware named Gauss which steals a broad set of data from compromised computers and sends it to command-and-control servers.Symantec currently detects this latest threat as W32.Gauss and preliminary reports suggest the highest concentrations of W32.Gauss appear in the Middle East. Gauss is similar in design and function to W32.Flamer: Modular […]

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