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The MiniDuke Mystery: PDF 0-day Government Spy Assembler 0x29A Micro Backdoor

Feb

2013

On Feb 12th 2013, FireEye announced the discovery of an Adobe Reader 0-day exploit which is used to drop a previously unknown, advanced piece of malware. We called this new malware “ItaDuke” because it reminded us of Duqu and because of the ancient Italian comments in the shellcode copied from Dante Aligheri’s “Divine Comedy”. Since […]

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Evasion Techniques: Encoded JavaScript Attacks PDF Files

Feb

2013

Last week I kicked off a series of blogs with a discussion of how an effective IPS solution can fight obfuscation techniques by malware. This week, we’ll look at how JavaScript poses a danger when combined with PDF files.One of the easiest and most powerful ways to customize PDF files is by using JavaScript. JavaScript […]

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Red Kit an Emerging Exploit Pack

Jan

2013

Exploit kits are toolkits that are used to build malware components such as binaries and scripts. They automate the exploitation of client-side vulnerabilities, targeting browsers and programs.These exploit kits provide an effective way for cybercriminals to distribute malware without the users consent. Among these kits, the Blackhole exploit kit is one of the most prevalent. […]

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