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Flame-bait Questions

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May

2012

There are many ongoing discussions about “Flame” right now — an espionage tool, information was disclosed about it on Monday. There are plenty of questions from customers, and also from members of the press. Mikko spoke with Clark Boyd of PRI’s The World yesterday about the breaking news. Symantec’s Liam O Murchu spoke with Kai […]

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Worm Posts on SNS Sites and Wipes out Rivals

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May

2012

W32.Wergimog is a worm that attempts to spread through removable drives and opens a back door. When I looked into its variants, I found an interesting sample, which I named W32.Wergimog.B. Both samples are based on the same source code, but the .B variant contains even more interesting functionality that I would like to detail […]

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Worm Spreads via Facebook Private Messages, Instant Messengers

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May

2012

We recently received reports about private messages found on Facebook and distributing a link, which is a shortened URL pointing to an archive file “May09-Picture18.JPG_www.facebook.com.zip”. This archive contains a malicious file named “May09-Picture18.JPG_www.facebook.com” and uses the extension “.COM”. Once executed, this malware (detected as WORM_STECKCT.EVL) terminates services and processes related to antivirus (AV) software, effectively […]

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