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MSRT November ’12 – Weelsof around the world

05

Dec

2012

Win32/Weelsof is part of a large malware family called ransomware, which is different from your traditional trojans and worms. Ransomware’s main goal is to financially benefit from every infected user and force them to pay. We included Win32/Weelsof in our November release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Malware entry point The user can be […]

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Chicken or Egg: Where Does W32.Changeup Come From?

04

Dec

2012

Throughout history, philosophers and scientists have pondered the question of which came first: the chicken or the egg. Over the last week, Security Response has seen an increase in the number of W32.Changeup detections. We know that Changeup can download a bevy of other threats onto a compromised computer. But an unanswered question is how […]

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Piwik.org webserver hacked and backdoor added to Piwik

27

Nov

2012

If you are using Piwik and you have downloaded/updated it recently, please double check your install to verify that it does not contain a backdoor. From piwik.org: Important Security Announcement: Piwik.org webserver got compromised by an attacker on 2012 Nov 26th, this attacker added a malicious code in the Piwik 1.9.2 Zip file for a […]

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