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South Korean Government DNS Servers Targeted By DDoS Attacks

27

Jun

2013

Our investigation of the June 25 South Korea incident led us to the compromise of an auto-update mechanism attack scenario. As part of our continuous monitoring, we documented another scenario (presented in this blog entry) pertaining to a DDoS attack scenario launched at specific sites.The recent attack against South Korean websites has revealed a certain […]

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Compromised Auto-Update Mechanism Affects South Korean Users

26

Jun

2013

On Tuesday, South Korea raised the country’s cyber security alarm from level 1 to 3, because of several incidents that affected different government and news websites in South Korea. One of the several attacks related to the June 25 security incident involved the compromise of the auto-update mechanism related to the legitimate installer file SimDisk.exe, […]

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Backdoor Wipes MBR, Locks Screen

05

Jun

2013

German users are at risk of having their systems rendered unusable by a malware that we’re seeing being sent via spam messages. This particular malware, on top of its ability to remotely control an affected system, is able to wipe out the Master Boot Record – a routine that had previously caused a great crisis […]

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