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It has been three years since we published Lock, stock and two smoking Trojans in our blog. The article describes the first piece of malware designed to attack users of online banking software developed by a company called BIFIT. There are now several malicious programs with similar functionality, including: Trojan-Spy.Win32.Lurk Trojan-Banker.Win32.iBank Trojan-Banker.Win32.Oris Trojan-Spy.Win32.Carberp Trojan-Banker.Win32.BifiBank Trojan-Banker.Win32.BifitAgent … While many are still in shock after the Boston Marathon bombings on 16 April, it didn’t take long for cyber criminals to abuse that tragic incident for their dirty deeds.
Today we already started receiving emails containing links to malicious locations with names like “news.html”. These pages contain URLs of non-malicious … With its rich functionality and accessibility, Evernote is a popular note-taking tool users. Unfortunately, it may also provide the perfect cover for cybercriminals’ tracks. We recently uncovered a malware that appears to be using Evernote as a communication and control (C&C) server. Detected as BKDR_VERNOT.A, the malware attempted to connect to Evernote via https://evernote.com/intl/zh-cn, which … Power Loader is a special bot builder for making downloaders for other malware families and yet another example of specialization and modularity in malware production. The first time Power Loader was detected was in September 2012, using the family detection name Win32/Agent.UAW. This bot builder has been used for developing Win32/Gapz droppers (Win32/Gapz: steps of … Bitdefender antimalware researchers have come across samples of a previously-unrecognized version of the MiniDuke virus which, as it turns out, was active as early as May 2012 – and it wants to know what time it is in China. Incoming search terms for the article: miniduke … The so called “BKA Trojan” (BKA stands for German Federal Criminal Police) malware which is also known as the Ransom trojan in other countries, has found a more convincing way to fool computer users to pay. Now, together with other eight possible misdeeds, the user is accused of hosting and distributing child pornography materials from his computer. … In China these days, e-commerce has become an important part of daily life, especially among young people. According to a report from CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), the number of Chinese e-commerce users reached 242 million at the end of the December 2012. This is nearly half of all Chinese internet users. Because of … Iran CERT recently announced that it uncovered a possible targeted attack using a malware that wipes files that will run on certain predefined time frame. They noted its efficiency in performing its routines despite its simplistic design. The way this malware was created was also deemed unusual, as the author wrote a series of batch files … Looks like some scammers had a bit of a mix-up while counting out their cash on a gold plated yacht.
Click to Enlarge Here’s the contents of the mail. The text in bold is a not-very-subtle clue: “The UPS Office“: Order: SD-5468-482485468 Order Date: Monday, 2 December 2012, 11:23 AM Dear … |
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