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Web Threat Update: MSN Cool Exploit Kit

Jan

2013

1. MSN site redirects to Cool Exploit Kit Last weekend the AVG Web Threat Research group noticed a spike in LinkScannerR detections on an Italian language MSN page. The website contained an obfuscated redirect to another website running the Cool Exploit Kit and installing ransomware on users’ machines. In the screenshot below you see the […]

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Threat Researcher

Dec

2012

Threat Researcher Posted: 19 December 2012 Company name: Sophos Inc Location: Vancouver, BC Canada Travel: none Poster represents: employer Terms of employment: Salaried employee Hours: full time Onsite: yes Description:SophosLabs is recruiting a Threat Researcher to work closely with our global team of highly skilled security experts. As a Threat Researcher you will be part […]

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Shylock Likes Smart Cards

Dec

2012

Do you ever use your laptop’s Smart Card reader? You don’t? Yeah, we didn’t think so. (Half of you reading this probably didn’t even realize it had one to begin with.) Windows users: open your Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools, Services — and stop the Smart Card service. Adjust the startup type to prevent […]

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