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Flashback Wrap Up

20

Sep

2012

Six months ago, Flashback was attracting a lot of attention from researchers and media due to its wide spread and interesting features. Since then, we have witnessed its operator abandoning control of the botnet by shutting down its latest command and control server. This happened in May this year. The number of infected systems has […]

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Digging Deeper Into ANDROIDOS_CONTACTS.E’s Data Stealing Routines

19

Sep

2012

My previous post discussed how certain spam messages can lead to the downloading of malicious apps detected as ANDROIDOS_CONTACTS.E. This time around, we focused on the app’s routines and how the people behind this threat possibly profit. My analysis focused particularly on the app “Solar Change”. This Android app (detected as ANDROIDOS_CONTACTS.E) was found to […]

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United States Cyber Security Ransomware Scam

05

Sep

2012

In this blog post, I would like to introduce one variant of the widely spread malware family, often detected by avast! as “Reveton.” Reveton is classified as ransomware; a program which locks your computer and expects an action, usually the payment of money. Unless the desired amount of money is paid or the malicious application […]

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