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Malicious Spam Emails Target Nightclub Disaster in Santa Maria

29

Jan

2013

Tweet Symantec Security Response has observed that spammers are distributing malicious emails that attempt to lure users into viewing a video of the incident that killed 233 people recently in a horrific tragedy at a popular nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil. The malicious email is in Portuguese and invites unsuspecting users to click on a […]

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Web Threat Update: MSN Cool Exploit Kit

22

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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Smoke and mirrors and Win32/Phorpiex

16

Nov

2012

This month one of the families introduced to MSRT is Win32/Phorpiex, a worm that spreads via removable drives and has IRC controlled backdoor functionality. In most respects Phorpiex is another worm, with typical command and control via IRC as well as spreading via removable drives. Like many other malware it usually does this by using […]

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