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Home   »   Archives for November 2013

JPEG Files Used For Targeted Attack Malware

  • Posted on:November 29, 2013 at 1:44 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Jayronn Christian Bucu (Senior Research Engineer)
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We recently came across some malware of the SOGOMOT and MIRYAGO families that update themselves in an unusual way: they download JPEG files that contain encrypted configuration files/binaries. Not only that, we believe that this activity has been ongoing since at least the middle of 2010. A notable detail of the malware we came across…

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Tags: malware updateMIRYAGOSOGOMOTTargeted Attack

Exploit Targeting Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability Spotted

  • Posted on:November 28, 2013 at 11:17 am
  • Posted in:Exploits, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Gelo Abendan (Technical Communications)
0

Trend Micro has acquired samples of an exploit targeting the recent zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows XP and Server 2003. This is an elevation of privilege vulnerability, which may allow an attacker to gain privileges that would enable him to do various activities, including deleting or viewing data, installing programs, or creating accounts with administrative privileges. We…

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Tags: AdobeExploitsVulnerabilitiesWindowszero day

EvilGrab’s Evil, Still Propagating

  • Posted on:November 27, 2013 at 4:00 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Kyle Wilhoit (Senior Threat Researcher)
0

Recently, Trend Micro published findings on a new campaign called EvilGrab that typically targets victims in Japan and China. This campaign is still attacking users, and we have now acquired a builder being used to create binaries of this campaign. EvilGrab Builder In The Wild What led us to the builder for EvilGrab was a binary…

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Tags: EvilGrabMalwaremalware builder

The Season For Danger: Holiday Season Spam And Phishing

  • Posted on:November 26, 2013 at 8:22 am
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Ryan Certeza (Technical Communications)
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For many, the holiday season is a season for shopping and spending. But cybercriminals see it in a different light—they see it as a prime opportunity to steal. Take, for example, online shopping. Malicious websites to try and trick online shoppers into giving them their money instead of the legitimate shopping websites. These sites are often made to…

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Tags: online shoppingphishingSpamtravel

Ice 419: Cybercrime in Nigeria

  • Posted on:November 26, 2013 at 12:54 am
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Author:
    Loucif Kharouni (Senior Threat Researcher)
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Several months ago, we found that several Ice IX servers were hosted in the .co.za (South Africa) top-level domain. Our research revealed that these servers were all tied to a group of individuals located in Nigeria. To recap, Ice IX is a popular banking Trojan that was heavily used by these criminals, together with the…

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Tags: 419cybercrimeIce IXNigeriaSouth AfricaZeuS
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