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Have I Got Newsforyou: Analysis of Flamer C&C Servers

17

Sep

2012

W32.Flamer is a sophisticated cyber espionage tool which targeted the Middle East. News of its existence hit the headlines earlier in 2012. Symantec, has performed a detailed forensic analysis of two of the command-and-control (C&C) servers used in the W32.Flamer attacks earlier this year.The servers were set up on March 25, 2012, and May 18, […]

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The Shamoon Attacks

16

Aug

2012

W32.Disttrack is a new threat that is being used in specific targeted attacks against at least one organization in the energy sector. It is a destructive malware that corrupts files on a compromised computer and overwrites the MBR (Master Boot Record) in an effort to render a computer unusable. W32.Disttrack consists of several components: Dropper-the main […]

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Multi-platform Backdoor with Intel OS X Binary

14

Jul

2012

Karmina wrote about a malware targeting multiple operating systems on Monday. The Mac OS X sample that time was a PowerPC binary. Yesterday, we received an Intel x86 version in our backend systems which appears to have been used in a similar type of attack. Nothing fancy. This time the sample uses the server 199.180.197.59, […]

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