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Apr
2013

I got an email with the subject – “Your private photos are there for anyone to see. why??”The e-mail message was – “Sorry to disturb you. Someone sent me thee pictures they seem to be from you and your boyfriend I’m really troubled by this why do you send your private naked photos around?? this […]

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A new  “ransomware” campaign uses a novel approach to extort money from Internet users. It locks your computer and displays a localized webpage that covers your desktop and demands the payment of a fine for the possession of banned material.The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware:<startup folder>\<random file name>.dll.lnk<startup folder>\<random file […]

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We’ve been seeing an increase in Taidoor downloaders in the wild, but instead of embedding the backdoor in email attachments, the current trend in Taidoor-related attacks is to include an attachment with a Taidoor-downloading Trojan.Based on the sample set we gathered, it appears this type of technique has only been used this year. For the […]

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