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New Disk Wiper Found in Korean Attacks

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Jun

2013

Yesterday, Symantec published details about a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack carried out by a gang dubbed “DarkSeoul” against South Korean websites. We identified their previous attacks against South Korea, including the devastating Jokra attacks in March 2013 that wiped numerous computer hard drives at South Korean banks and television broadcasters. As a result of […]

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Linux Kernel Exploit Ported to Android

12

Jun

2013

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. The recent discovery of a Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2094 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2094) in the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL)-currently being exploited on various platforms-has now been modified to work on the Android operating system. For anyone unfamiliar with […]

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Scammers Take Advantage of Dance Grand Prix Europe 2013

11

Jun

2013

The International Dance Competition “Dance Grand Prix Europe” is set to begin June 12 and will be hosted in Spain. The purpose of the competition is to showcase all the top dancers from various dance schools and this major event attracts choreographic talent from around the world. Spammers also don’t want to miss this event […]

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