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First Widespread Virus Cross-infection

23

Jul

2013

After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang-and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit files. The infections are cross-platform (a 32-bit Xpiro variant can infect a […]

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Ransomware Abusing Norton Logo

19

Jul

2013

There are reports in the media of a particular ransomware, a type of malware, using the official Symantec Norton logo to dupe victims into believing the ransomware is verified by Symantec. This is a common social engineering technique used by malware authors to deceive victims. It is not the first time that a security company’s […]

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Remote Access Tool Takes Aim with Android APK Binder

17

Jul

2013

In a previous blog, we talked about the rise of remote access tools (RAT) written in Java that are capable of running on multiple operating systems. With the growing popularity of the Android operating system, it comes as no surprise that the Android OS is the latest target and is not immune to RATs. Since […]

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