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Mac Spyware: OSX/KitM (Kumar in the Mac)

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May

2013

There’s another case of Backdoor:OSX/KitM.A in the wild. A German-based investigator reached out to us yesterday regarding OSX/KitM. (We wrote about it last week.) KitM stands for “Kumar in the Mac”, which is our designation for spyware — related to OSX/Filesteal a.k.a. OSX/HackBack — that is signed using an Apple Developer ID in the name […]

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Three Lessons from the South Korea MBR Wiper Attacks

02

Apr

2013

Last week, we posted some detailed information about the actions that the March 20, 2013 MBR wiper attacks took against systems in South Korea.Today, I’d like to take that and some additional information that has come out about the incident and draw some conclusions about what lessons this attack teaches us.When we look at the […]

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Russian Spammers Eye International Women’s Day

26

Feb

2013

February is a short month, but not too short for spam events to make an impact. Valentine’s Day and its associated threats has passed, so now it is time for International Women’s Day-celebrated on March 8 every year. This is a great occasion to express love, respect, and kindness toward women and spammers will always […]

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