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Christmas-Themed Malware Starts to Jingle All the Way

Dec

2012

Once again cybercriminals take advantage of the Holidays in what seem like a targeted attack against businesses and government organizations. We spotted samples that bore the filename, PROPOSED CHRISTMAS PARTY 2012.doc. Trend Micro detects this as TROJ_ARTIEF.RTN. When executed, this malware drops a file (temp.doc) that acts as decoy to trick recipients into thinking this […]

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ADMM-Plus Related Attack

Aug

2012

The ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting – Plus (ADMM-Plus) has recently been held with the 18 member countries of ASEAN, Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States.We have discovered a malicious Rich Text Format file (.rtf or .doc), which targets anyone interested in the ADMM-Plus proceedings.The RTF file exploits […]

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Backdoor.Korplug: Loading Malicious Components Through Trusted Applications

Jul

2012

Symantec is observing limited targeted attacks using a new backdoor Trojan, Backdoor.Korplug. This backdoor surfaced earlier this year in March 2012. In these attacks, the targets are sent a crafted email containing a malicious attachment, typically in the form of a password protected zip file containing a malicious executable or in the form of an […]

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