Posts Tagged ‘persistence’

First Widespread Virus Cross-infection

Jul

2013

After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang-and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit files. The infections are cross-platform (a 32-bit Xpiro variant can infect a […]

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No paysafecard needed, your passwords will pay off

May

2013

The past year has been one of expansion for ransomware. Throughout 2012 an increasing number of blogs, tutorials and discussion forums were written to help people gain access to ransomware-locked computers without paying the ransom. The authors of Reveton ransomware are aware that the persistence of their malware on a system is not only narrowed by […]

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Banking Trojan Carberp: An Epitaph?

Apr

2013

The begining of spring seems to be an unsuccessful period of the year for cybercriminals in Eastern Europe. There is recent news referring to a neutralization of a group of hackers by joint cooperation between the Security Service of Ukraine with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on the web. These hackers […]

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