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The DORKBOT Rises

16

Oct

2012

DORKBOT, also known as NgrBot, is not a new threat. In fact, it was seen in the wild as early as 2011. Yet last week, DORKBOT made the news for spreading via Skype spammed messages, and has now reached than 17,500 reported infections globally. So what is DORKBOT, really?A worm with multiple propagation routinesDORKBOT typically […]

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Skype Messages Spreading DORKBOT Variants

10

Oct

2012

As reported earlier by Rik Ferguson, users are facing more waves of Skype spammed messages. These attacks are being used to distribute various threats, including ransomware and infostealers.These attacks, which arrive as Skype messages, ask if the user has a new profile picture:The link (which includes the username of the recipient) goes to a file […]

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Trojan.Winlock threatens Arab users with Sharia court

03

Feb

2012

Doctor Web’s virus analysts discovered a new Trojan.Winlock modification threatening residents of Arab countries. Trojans horses of this family are widely known in Russia since 2010. Later, Trojan.Winlocks targetting users in other countries appeared. In particular, the recently discovered Trojan.Winlock.5490, operates in systems with French set as the default language. Recent months saw many versions […]

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