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When Web Servers Serve Evil

13

May

2013

In the last few months, we have witnessed a rise in the number of cases of modified Web servers that inject malicious redirections into every website that it hosts. One example was the malicious Apache module (Linux.Chapro and Trojan.Apmod) that we blogged about recently. A newer example is Linux.Cdorked, about which our friends at ESET […]

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Browser extension hijacks Facebook profiles

11

May

2013

We have received reports about a wave of malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles. This threat was first discovered in Brazil. We detect it as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A. The malware is a malicious browser extension specifically targeting Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. When installed, it attempts to update itself using the following URLs: Chrome […]

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Meet the new paid-archive malware families

07

May

2013

In a previous post, “Fake apps: Behind the effective social strategy of fraudulent paid-archives,” we exposed the social engineering technique behind Win32/Pameseg – our detection for a family of “paid-archives.” We described the use of “low-ball” techniques and explained how users are led to believe they are making an informed choice. However, the choice ultimately leads to […]

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