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W32.Phopifas Cons Over 2.5 Million Clicks with LOL Links

11

Oct

2012

An ongoing social engineering attack on Skype and other instant messaging applications has been gathering momentum over the last week. The attack, which looks to have started around September 29, has to date conned over 2.5 million clicks from unsuspecting users. The attack uses the common social engineering tactic of posting a link to instant […]

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Insights into Win32/Bradop

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Jun

2012

Have you heard of Win32/Bradop? We recently investigated this interesting data theft family in more detail and exposed some of its inner secrets. The following is a description of what we found out. Spoiler alert: spam emails, protectors, the download mechanism, database credentials, stolen data, and the source code all figure in prominently. Win32/Bradop arrives […]

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Ransomware and Silence Locker Control Panel

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Apr

2012

Ransomware is a threat that continues to grow in popularity with cybercriminals due to its success rate and monetary potential. In past blogs such as Rampant Ransomware we have discussed some different Ransomware variants and techniques. Now we have encountered yet another new variant identified as Trojan.Ransomlock.K. While finding a new Ransomware variant is no […]

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