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W32.Flamer: Microsoft Windows Update Man-in-the-Middle

Jun

2012

Flamer has a variety of ways of spreading on the local network. One of the methods is to hijack clients performing Windows Update. Three Flamer apps are involved in delivering the rogue update: SNACK, MUNCH, and GADGET. When Internet Explorer starts, by default it will automatically search for proxy configuration settings. This happens through the […]

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Banker – the other way around

Sep

2011

There are many techniques used by malware in the banker family to steal user’s authentication credentials for online banking sites. We came across an interesting sample recently, detected as Trojan:Win32/Banload.A, which uses a remote proxy script in order to target online banking sites and facilitate data theft. When Trojan:Win32/Banload.A is executed, it opens an Internet […]

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