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Symantec Protections for Red October

17

Jan

2013

An advanced cyber-espionage network targeting high-profile organizations and governments has recently been unveiled. The main attack method being used in this campaign is spear phishing.The spear phishing emails contain Word document or Excel spreadsheet attachments that exploit three known vulnerabilities in order to compromise computers. The vulnerabilities used are: Microsoft Excel ‘FEATHEADER’ Record Remote Code […]

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Hydraq: Past Year in Review

16

Mar

2012

Trojan.Hydraq is a piece of malware that we first saw in early 2010. It was a threat that got a lot of media attention—especially since the targets it chose were very high profile organizations. It's been a couple of years since we mentioned it so we thought we'd provide an update on its activity since […]

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Nitro malware attack targets industrial companies, relies on social engineering

01

Nov

2011

Symantec published a paper today titled “The Nitro Attacks: Stealing Secrets from the Chemical Industry.” The paper details research they did into a recent series of targeted attacks on industrial companies. This “nitro” attack has an interesting blend of malware techniques that does show some ingenuity. It used a socially engineered email message with a […]

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