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Homemade Browser Targeting “Banco do Brasil” Users

08

May

2013

Cybercriminals in Brazil appear to have come up with a new tactic to lure users into giving up their login information. A few days ago, we found a post on a Brazilian forum offering a browser that could access the website of the Banco do Brasil without using the needed security plugin.Figure 1. Homemade browser […]

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The rise in the exploitation of old PDF vulnerabilities

29

Apr

2013

Exploitation of software vulnerabilities continues to be a common way to infect computers with malware. Leveraging exploits allows malware authors to infect, disrupt, or take control of a computer without the user’s consent and typically without their knowledge. Exploits target vulnerabilities in operating systems, web browsers, applications, or software components that are installed on the […]

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Distribution vs. development: What’s the story and why does it matter?

24

Apr

2013

In today’s threat landscape, distributing malware and developing malware are two different worlds. Both require a different set of skills in order to work and in order to achieve their separate goals. For example, in my blog post Get gamed and rue the day…, I described a bot-controlled worm in which the code fragment suggested that […]

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