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Malware Using Fake Certificate to Evade Detection

14

Jun

2013

Malware authors are always seeking new ways to hone their craft. As cybercriminals are facing a multitude of preventative technologies from Symantec and users are becoming more security conscious, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the bad guys to win.Recently, during research, we came across an oddly named sample, Word13.exe. Upon first glance, it appears to […]

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Downloader.Liftoh Cousin to W32.Phopifas?

24

May

2013

Downloader.Liftoh is a Trojan horse detected by Symantec that downloads malware onto the compromised computer without the user noticing.A new variant of this threat, discovered in early May, was identified in some Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. This variant of Downloader.Liftoh sends messages in Spanish instead of English. The threat is similar to W32.Phopifas which […]

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An avalanche in Skype

04

Apr

2013

There is a new malicious ongoing campaign on Skype. It?s active and kicking yet. The infection vector is via social engineering abusing infected Skype by sending massive messages to the contacts like these ones: i don’t think i will ever sleep again after seeing this photo http://www.goo.gl/XXXXX?image=IMG0540250-JPG tell me what you think of this picture […]

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