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Jasper Pimentel

Advanced Threats Researcher

August Malware Roundup

  • Posted on:September 14, 2008
  • Posted in:Malware
  • Posted by:
    Jasper Pimentel (Advanced Threats Researcher)
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Notable Malware WORM_KOOBFACE.E, WORM_KOOBFACE.D These worms used the famous social networking site Facebook in their propagation routines. While executing on an affected user’s system, these worms search for cookies related to Facebook. Once a match is found, the worms access the user’s Facebook profile using the credentials contained in the cookie files. The worms then…

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Tags: Facebookfake antivirusMalwareSEO poisoning

July Malware Roundup

  • Posted on:August 14, 2008
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Jasper Pimentel (Advanced Threats Researcher)
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Notable Malware WORM_NUWAR.VQ, TROJ_DROPPER.OAC These malware took advantage of the Fourth of July celebrations in the United States to increase their chances of distribution. A malicious URL was included in eCards that were spammed during this time. The URL pointed to locations from where these malware could be downloaded. TROJ_PIDIEF.JT Sometime in mid-July, an email…

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Tags: CNNMSNBCSpam

June Malware Roundup

  • Posted on:July 11, 2008
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Jasper Pimentel (Advanced Threats Researcher)
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May’s series of Web site compromises were replaced with spam and spoofed sites last June. Users were also served with a bigger serving of spam with a malware aftertaste, as many of the malware that emerged this month used were distributed through spam links. Notable Malware TROJ_PIDIEF.AC This malware, which could be downloaded from a…

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April Malware Roundup

  • Posted on:May 6, 2008
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Spam
  • Posted by:
    Jasper Pimentel (Advanced Threats Researcher)
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Last month started with an April Fool’s message being spammed around. The spammed email contained a link from where a variant of the Storm malware could be downloaded. Aside from that, we’ve had our usual fill of Trojans and malicious scripts that plagued compromised Web sites for April. Notable Malware TROJ_AGENT.AMAL This Trojan poses as…

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March Malware Roundup

  • Posted on:April 2, 2008
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Posted by:
    Jasper Pimentel (Advanced Threats Researcher)
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For those of you who have read last month’s malware roundup, Fidel Castro is still alive. Thanks to some malware authors, a spammed email message spread in the early weeks of March, claiming that the old Cuban leader had already passed away. As expected, the link present in the spammed email led to a malicious…

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