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A Retrospective “TOuR” of Backdoor.Bifrose

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Jun

2011

Backdoor.Bifrose first came to our attention in 2004. It is a remote administration backdoor tool that allows unauthorized access to a compromised computer. Once installed, the malware has a range of capabilities, including: running processes, opening windows, opening a remote shell, stealing system information (such as passwords, and video game serial numbers), generating screen captures, […]

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Fake Windows Updates Are Easy to Avoid

11

Jun

2011

Our friends (and competitors) at Sophos blogged about a new threat that poses as a Windows Update and then infects unsuspecting users with a fake antivirus product.The update appears to be very real and is tricking users. While my colleagues at Sophos offer excellent advice to help people protect themselves (as I believe we do also), […]

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Fake Firefox warnings lead to scareware

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May

2011

Purveyors of fake security software don’t let much grass grow under their feet and continually make improvements to their social engineering lures. While most of the talk for the past month has been their move to Mac with fake Finder pop-ups that appear to scan your computer, they haven’t stopped innovating on Windows either. Their […]

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