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Sality: A Nasty Binary Tracked Down from Download.com

Nov

2012

What a weird positive we’ve just spotted on CNET’s Download.com.Win32:SaliCode blockedSality is quite a bad file infector. Is it a false positive? Is it a partially disinfected sample? Which way leads to this nasty binary? Check out this screenshot:SecurityXplodedWe’ve decided to cross-check the file more thoroughly – the infected binary is from InstallMonetizer, which is […]

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An Aggressive Turn of Tactics Used in Black Hole Exploit Kit Spam Runs

Jun

2012

We’ve been tracking and informing customers about current Black Hole Exploit Kit Spam Run activity and noted that spammers have been changing their methods to better achieve their goals. The most recent development is the aggressive turn in tactics used in these spam runs, which makes it easier for infection to occur. With the latest […]

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Security Vulnerability in MySQL

Jun

2012

A serious security vulnerability discovered in MySQL was disclosed this weekend. It basically allows anyone to bypass authentication and login directly into the database. We tried on a few 64bit Ubuntu systems and were able to replicate the issue (it seems that only 64 bit platforms are affected). Crazy theory: Could this be related to […]

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