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MSRT June 2011: Targeting Yimfoca

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2011

This month’s MSRT families included Win32/Rorpian (an autorun worm that exploits a vulnerability in shortcut files), Win32/Nuqel (another autorun worm that spreads via network drives, removable drives, and instant messaging programs) and Win32/Yimfoca. The last, Yimfoca, is a prevalent IM worm that uses common instant messaging applications and social networking websites to spread. It also affects […]

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Exploits for CVE-2011-2110 focus on South Korea

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Jun

2011

Last week, Adobe released an update (APSB11-18) for Adobe Flash Player, fixing a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2011-2110) that would allow attackers to take control of the targeted system. In the Advisory, Adobe mentioned reports of active exploitation. We have been tracking the use of this exploit through our signatures (originally as Exploit:SWF/ShellCode.A, and then later […]

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Jun

2011

Anti-Virus Researcher Posted: 13 February 2011 Company name: Microsoft Location: Redmond, WA United States Travel: occasionally Poster represents: employer Terms of employment: Salaried employee Hours: full time Onsite: yes Description:Are you interested in radically improving the security of Microsoft’s products? Do you want to work on cutting edge malware analysis systems? We are in search […]

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