23 Aug 2011 |
Technical analysis: Poul Jensen, Illustrations: Ben Nahorney
08 Aug 2011 |
A Master Boot Record (MBR) is an area of the hard disk (usually the first sector) used by a computer to perform start up operations. It is one of the first things to be read and executed by the computer hardware when a computer is powered on, even before the operating system itself.
04 Aug 2011 |
McAfee published an interesting report yesterday about what they called Operation Shady RAT, focusing on a series of what some may call “advanced persistent threat” attacks.
31 May 2011 |
It seems there is no let up in the recent spate of Mac malware. A few days ago, another group of domains were registered and are being used to support a fake antivirus campaign that not only targets Mac, but also Windows users.
01 Mar 2011 |
Banking Trojans are nothing new. They have been around for many years, considering detections such as the Infostealer.Bancos family date back to 2003.
07 Dec 2010 |
We have become familiar enough with malware creators poisoning popular search engine terms through SEO techniques in order to deliver their malicious files to a greater pool of unsuspecting users. Other popular services such as Twitter have not escaped the watchful eyes of the miscreants.
30 Nov 2010 |
We have observed a change of tack by the creators of fake antivirus software (like Trojan.FakeAV). Since the latter parts of October, we have seen a move into the creation of fake hard disk scanners and defragmentation tools.
24 Jun 2010 |
We have recently seen some instances of spam email hitting our spam traps with a story about the Brazilian soccer coach Dunga, who was given a black eye by an angry fan last Sunday. The spam email has the following characteristics:
Subject: Tecnico Dunga e agredido por Torcedor.
Email body: (Translated)