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McAfee Labs Messaging Security recently observed a spam campaign based on the Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion. The messages take advantage of our interest in these tragic events to lure victims to malware and exploits. Last week my colleague Paras Gupta blogged about the use of the Blackhole exploit kit to […]

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Several months ago I wrote a blog post about an adware downloader which after execution downloaded a few adware programs and installed them on the computer, giving no chance for the user to skip or bypass their installation. This time, we will analyze an application, which installs similar types of adware programs on user computers.We […]

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Certain German websites were defaced by a group of hackers on April Fools day. However, this act was no ordinary prank.The hackers left messages on the defaced German websites in Arabic, and the message is quite clear:Figure 1. Screenshot of defaced German websiteTranslated, the text reads as: Algeria to the core # With Palestine unjust […]

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