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Cruel Boston Marathon spam lures users to exploit pages

17

Apr

2013

You probably think the person or people behind the Boston Marathon bombing are reprehensible scum? Well, meet their cousins – the slimebags behind the latest malware-distributing spam run we have seen ramp-up overnight. Members of the AVG Web Threats Research team have discovered spam messages using the Boston Marathon explosion to lure potential victims to […]

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South Korea, Starbucks, and Android/Smsilence

11

Apr

2013

Several weeks ago, an McAfee researcher named Michael Zhang analyzed an Android trojan which specifically targets South Korean phones. It’s called Smsilence, and it uses bait such as “Starbucks coupon” apps (ex: starbug.apk). Here’s the phone number check looking for country code +82: A detail not included in Zhang’s post: the URLs / IP addresses […]

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Android Malware: Breaking New Ground and Old Taboos

08

Apr

2013

Last Thursday’s post links to “Stels” analysis by Dell SecureWorks. (Read it!) Stels is a versatile Android trojan which has recently started spreading via the Cutwail spam botnet. Android malware being distributed by a mass-market crimeware gang — could be a game changer. So, how did Stels spread before Cutwail? Here’s a few slightly older […]

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