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Margaret Thatcher’s Death Used in Cyber Attacks

10

Apr

2013

As the world remembers former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, cyber attackers are participating too, but in their own tricky ways. Websense® Security Labs™ and the Websense ThreatSeeker® Network have detected that attackers are sending malicious email spam with a topic referencing the death of Mrs. Thatcher. Actually, it is not new for an attacker to use a hot […]

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CIA “DELETED” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez?

09

Mar

2013

This is the topic that cybercriminals are speculating about and using as a hook to infect victims. The campaign stems from malicious emails that are sent in bulk to victims: The links mentioned in the email re-direct users to a legitimate Russian website called ?Znakvoprosa? (translation: ?interrogation sign?) that has been hacked in several occasions […]

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Our Mac Antivirus Blocks Java Exploits

22

Feb

2013

Yesterday, two of our analysts, Brod and Timo, tested a Facebook/Apple hack related Java exploit with our Anti-Virus for Mac. And the result? Our Mac AV blocked the exploit with a generic detection (created Nov. 19th 2012) called: Exploit:Java/Majava.B. Nice! So, how is the sample related? On February 15th, Mac malware samples were shared via […]

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