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Crisis for Windows Sneaks onto Virtual Machines

21

Aug

2012

Symantec reported new malware for Mac last month that we called OSX.Crisis. Kaspersky then reported that it arrives on the compromised computer through a JAR file by using social engineering techniques.The JAR file contains two executable files for both Mac and Windows. It checks the compromised computer’s OS and drops the suitable executable file. Both […]

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CVE-2012-1889 in Action

21

Jun

2012

Following on from the exploitation of the Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2012-1875 Same ID Property Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1875) detailed in our previous blog, Symantec has also observed continued exploitation of the Microsoft XML Core Services CVE-2012-1889 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) in the wild. This vulnerability involves one of the functions of the MSXML […]

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Police Themed Ransomware Continues

04

Apr

2012

Over the last several weeks, we’ve been monitoring a rash of ransomware campaigns across Europe, in which messages, supposedly from the local police, are displayed demanding that a fine must be paid in order to unlock the computer. We wrote about a Finnish language variant last month. Attacks are still quite active according to our […]

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