Posts with tag: trojan
Cyber Criminals Never Waste A Tragedy
We are accustomed to seeing criminals take advantage of big events to push malware, so we always keep an eye out for malicious emails or websites. This one was no exception with customized spam messages and malicious links all leading to nasty infections. The emails come with a subject line such as “Aftermath to explosion…
BlackShades Co-Creator Arrested!
Last week, it was announced that one of the creators of BlackShades NET Remote Access Trojan was arrested along with 23 others in an international assault against cybercrime. As you recall from previous blogs posted on Unpacked, we have given you, the reader, an in-depth look into what kind of dangers are presented by the…
BlackShades in Syria
As reported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) earlier this week, a new Trojan is being spread to Syrian activists in an attempt to employ electronic surveillance on the group and its members. This Trojan is none other than the BlackShades RAT I blogged about last week as Part 2 of a series on different…
RATs of Unusual Sizes
The flame malware has been referred to by some as “The most sophisticated malware to date” and while it is quite an impressive piece of espionage spyware, it poses little threat to the common user. In this blog post I am going to go over a quick summary of the technical capabilities of the Flame…
You can’t buy happiness but you can advertise it!!
Since December of 2011, the spread of malicious advertisements, or “Malvertisements”, has drastically increased. Along with this trend is the increased spread of some pretty nasty malware. One in particular is called Happili, an adware trojan that installs a browser extension to re-direct legitimate search queries to ad sites.
