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Java Zero-Days and the Blackhole Exploit Kit

Sep

2012

Last week’s Java zero-day vulnerability has been exploited by many exploit kits in the wild, including the familiar Blackhole Exploit Kit.In this blog entry, we thought we would describe some of the outbreaks related to this attack we’ve seen in the past week or so. Our automated processes that are a part of the Trend […]

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OSX.FlashBack.K – An Overview and its Inner Workings

May

2012

In our previous blogs, [1], [2], [3], and [4], we described how a computer may become infected with OSX.Flashback.K and provided various statistics about infected computers. The purpose of this blog is to describe the inner workings of the threat. The ultimate goal of the OSX.Flashback.K Trojan is to generate money through ad-clicking. The threat […]

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This time, the bad guys want your tax accountant

Mar

2012

While taxpayers are the regular target of springtime malware schemes, this year the bad guys are aiming for the accountants. A series of imposter emails are threatening recipients with the removal of their professional accreditation if they fail to respond promptly. The tax-phish appear to be from organizations such as the American Institute of Certified […]

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