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PlugX: New Tool For a Not So New Campaign

Sep

2012

Earlier this year, a new breed of Remote Access Tool (RAT) called Plugx (also known as Korplug) surfaced in the wild. PlugX, reportedly used on limited targeted attacks, is an example of custom-made RATs developed specifically for this purpose. The idea behind using this new tool is simple: less recognition and more elusiveness from security […]

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Java Zero-Day Used in Targeted Attack Campaign

Aug

2012

In October 2011, we documented a particular targeted attack campaign – The Nitro Attacks. In that instance, the attackers were primarily targeting chemical companies. Despite our work in uncovering and publishing the details behind the attacks, the attackers continued undeterred, even using our own report in their social engineering campaign!The attackers have escalated their efforts […]

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New Java 0-day used in small number of attacks

Aug

2012

Over the weekend, information started appearing that there was a new Java zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2012-4681) being used in a small number of attacks. We have analyzed samples from the attack and can confirm that Websense customers using products that have our Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) have been protected against this zero-day attack by real-time analytics […]

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