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

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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Bogus Asian Chat App Steals Login Information

Mar

2013

New methods to entice victims into handing over their personal information are always being devised by the people behind phishing websites and the use of fake social networking applications is always popular.During the past month, phishing on social media sites consisted of 8.6 percent of all phishing activity. Among the phishing sites targeting social media, […]

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Phishers Target Myanmar with Wut Hmone Shwe Yee

Mar

2013

Phishers have already made their mark in Southeast Asia by targeting Indonesians. For the past couple of years, celebrities have been their key interest in the region. Aura Kasih and Ahmad Dhani are good examples. In March 2013, phishers turned their attention toward Myanmar by incorporating model and actress Wut Hmone Shwe Yee in a […]

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