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JACKSBOT Has Some Dirty Tricks up Its Sleeves

31

Oct

2012

Contrary to initial reports, JACKSBOT may not be as low risk as initially thought. We noted some JACKSBOT infection in the wild, indicating that the people behind this multiplatform malware are saving their best tricks for last.We analyzed the JACKSBOT backdoor family (specific detection name JAVA_JACKSBOT.A) that arrives as a Java application. Because it is […]

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W32.Phopifas Cons Over 2.5 Million Clicks with LOL Links

11

Oct

2012

An ongoing social engineering attack on Skype and other instant messaging applications has been gathering momentum over the last week. The attack, which looks to have started around September 29, has to date conned over 2.5 million clicks from unsuspecting users. The attack uses the common social engineering tactic of posting a link to instant […]

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Sham London 2012 Olympics Scandal Leads to Trojan

07

Aug

2012

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of sporting events like the London Olympics 2012 for their malicious activities. Some of the attacks that leveraged this event include fake live streaming websites, fraudulent sites that sell bogus tickets, and malicious Olympics-related app hosted in a fake Google Play store. Adding to the list of attacks using […]

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