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Home   »   Archives for July 2012

More London Olympics-Related Threats

  • Posted on:July 29, 2012 at 2:58 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Mobile
  • Author:
    Maela Angeles (Fraud Analyst)
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The long-awaited London Olympics 2012 has officially opened. Apart from the fraudulent website that claims to sell tickets and another website that sells illegal cards to Japanese users, we also spotted several fake live streaming sites leveraging this sporting event. Some of these are the following: http://olympicsopeningceremony2012live.{BLOCKED}d.com http://olympicgames2012live.{BLOCKED}d.com http://olympics-2012-live-stream.{BLOCKED}r.com http://olypiccoverage2012.{BLOCKED}d.com http://{BLOCKED}12openinglivestream.{BLOCKED}d.com http://{BLOCKED}livestream.epl-schedule.com http://{BLOCKED}ceremony2012live.blogspot.com http://{BLOCKED}ndonolympics2012liveonline.{BLOCKED}g.com http://{BLOCKED}12olympicsonline.{BLOCKED}log.com…

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Tags: androidCTO Insightsgoogle playlondon 2012Malwareolympics london 2012

DEFCON 2012: Android Malware in Luckycat Servers

  • Posted on:July 27, 2012 at 1:45 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, CTO Insights, Mobile, Targeted Attacks
  • Author:Raimund Genes (Chief Technology Officer)
0

We know that threat actors take time to study the network environments of their prey. As employees go more and more mobile, the emergence of mobile malware in targeted attacks seems to be a logical progression. For the past few months, however, this notion has been all speculation—and we wondered, not if, but when it…

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Tags: advanced persistent threatsandroidAndroid malwareAPTsDEFCON2012LuckycatLuckycat serversMobilemobile malwarenewstargeted attacks

Relay Race To Ruin: Cybercrime in the Olympics

  • Posted on:July 27, 2012 at 1:17 pm
  • Posted in:Social
  • Author:
    Ryan Certeza (Technical Communications)
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Cybercriminals are fond of capitalizing on big sporting events, and it doesn’t get any bigger than the Olympics. With a worldwide audience, this prestigious event is more than just a prime target for cybercriminals, it’s a huge money-making opportunity. You can be sure, then, that these thieving digital miscreants are all racing to make you…

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Crisis/MORCUT Malware on OS X: Why Should Users Care?

  • Posted on:July 27, 2012 at 3:17 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Christopher Daniel So (Threat Response Engineer)
0

We’ve encountered new malware for Mac OS X systems, which we detect as OSX_MORCUT.A. We found this just as a new Mac OS X version, Mountain Lion (10.8), was being released via the Mac App Store. OSX_MORCUT.A acts as a backdoor into the remote system, giving attackers remote access to infected systems. From there, its…

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Tags: CrisisLeopardLionMacmac malwareMac OS XMORCUTMountain LionSnow Leopard

Illegal TV Cards Allowing Free Olympic Viewing Sold Online

  • Posted on:July 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Noriaki Hayashi (Senior Threat Researcher)
0

We found a spam mail written in Japanese leveraging the Olympics to sell illegal products. We fully expected this event to be used by cybercriminals to profit. It appears that among the first to strike are sellers of B-CAS cards for TVs, which are supposed to allow the users to watch the Olympics without paying….

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Tags: b-casb-cas cardsCTO Insightsfree viewing
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