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Ivan Macalintal

Threat Research Manager

QUARIAN Attacks Expand Their Targets

  • Posted on:December 7, 2012
  • Posted in:Targeted Attacks
  • Posted by:
    Ivan Macalintal (Threat Research Manager)
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During the first half of the year, we have seen targeted attacks leveraging the Syrian conflict and how the backdoor RAT DarkComet was used, which we documented in the following blog posts: DarkComet Surfaced in the Targeted Attacks in Syrian Conflict Fake Skype Encryption Software Cloaks DarkComet Trojan After the report that the Anonymous collective…

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Tags: APTTargeted Attack

NATO’s NSHQ Targeted by Attack Leveraging Hurricane Sandy

  • Posted on:November 19, 2012
  • Posted in:Targeted Attacks
  • Posted by:
    Ivan Macalintal (Threat Research Manager)
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It’s been weeks now since we’ve watched the destructive effects of Hurricane Sandy to the environment and to the folks living in affected areas. Trend Micro and the security industry have been in the lookout for scams and threats using Sandy as a social engineering ploy to infiltrate targets. During our tracking of targeted attacks…

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Tags: enfalLURIDNATONSHQSandyTargeted Attack

Probing the Gozi-Prinimalka Campaign

  • Posted on:November 13, 2012
  • Posted in:Malware, Targeted Attacks
  • Posted by:
    Ivan Macalintal (Threat Research Manager)
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Last month, we posted an entry about a planned massive fraud campaign targeting various US banks. This attack was expected to use the newly-developed Gozi-Prinimalka, a malware that exhibits Gozi-like behavior. There have been rumblings in the underground that this campaign has been shelved; however, we here at Trend Micro are still actively monitoring developments…

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Xtreme RAT Targets Israeli Government

  • Posted on:October 29, 2012
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Ivan Macalintal (Threat Research Manager)
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Trend Micro has obtained samples of malware implicated in a recent incident that forced the Israeli police department offline. According to media reports, the severity of the attack was enough for all police computers to be taken temporarily offline last Thursday. The attack began with a spammed message purporting to come from the head of…

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Tags: IsraeliRATRemote Access ToolXtreme

US Banks Targeted By Fraud Campaign

  • Posted on:October 10, 2012
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware
  • Posted by:
    Ivan Macalintal (Threat Research Manager)
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Recent reports have stated that a massive campaign of fraud is planned to hit various US banks. Approximately 100 cybercriminals are said to be part of this planned campaign. It is believed that this attack will be launched using newly-developed malware related to the Gozi banking Trojan, which has been called Gozi-Prinimalka. Overall, the capabilities…

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Tags: bankingfraud campaignwire transfers
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