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Fake Judicial Spam Leads to Backdoor with Fake Certificate Authority

  • Posted on:March 30, 2015 at 4:20 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Cedric Pernet (Threat Researcher) and Dark Luo/Kenney Lu (Threats Analysts)
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Recently, we’ve come across an interesting spam campaign aimed at French users. The campaign itself uses a well-crafted lure that is likely to catch the attention of its would-be victims. In addition, the malware used – the GootKit backdoor – contains several unusual technical characteristics. Both of these highlight how this campaign was quite well thought-out…

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Tags: FranceGootkitjudicial spam

Certain German Websites Defaced on April Fools’ Day

  • Posted on:April 1, 2013 at 10:42 pm
  • Posted in:Targeted Attacks
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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Certain German websites were defaced by a group of hackers on April Fools day. However, this act was no ordinary prank. The hackers left messages on the defaced German websites in Arabic, and the message is quite clear: Figure 1. Screenshot of defaced German website Translated, the text reads as: Algeria to the core #…

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Tags: Africaalgeria to the coreFranceGermanyhackerIsraelUS

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