I have seen Android malware delete and send SMS messages but this is the first time I saw an Android malware act as an SMS relay. My colleagues and I were recently able to analyze a sample of an Android malware that uses an infected device as a proxy for sending and receiving messages. Unlike…
Read MoreWe recently received a sample of the bot client that was used by hacker group Lulzsec Brazil in conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Brazilian websites. Those affected included the websites of both the Brazilian government and the president. The said attack is not the first of its kind from the group, as the main…
Read MorePeople say there is no such thing as a free lunch and as we recently found out that there’s no such thing as free supper either. We recently came across a spam run that uses a nonexistent promotion from the popular fast-food chain McDonald’s that tries to convince users to execute a malicious file. The…
Read MoreLast June 17, 2011, the Japanese Parliament approved a revised proposal for criminal law against creating and keeping malware aka the Cybercrime Law. The key point about this revised criminal law is that malware writers will be penalized if a malware was created and distributed under the following circumstances: Without a legitimate reason With the…
Read MoreCybercriminals are now using search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques for the iCloud to trigger malicious URLs hosting FAKEAV malware.
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