A few days ago, an advertisement for a zero-day vulnerability in Firefox for Android appeared on Inj3ct0r, an exploit database. The…
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‘SBC’ botnet to blame for Tor traffic surge?
You might have already heard that last month’s traffic within the Tor network saw a significant increase. Over 1.2 million users…
Malware to Victims: “Because f*** you! That’s why.”
Rich Matteo, a researcher here at Malwarebytes, came across an interesting sample that erases files and leaves a not-so-friendly message to…
New York Times Hackers: ‘Gone Phishing’
If you’ve been reading the news lately, you’ve probably noticed the New York Times (NYT) website was defaced just two days…
The Malware Archives: MS Office Files
Recently, I posted a blog about analyzing PDF files. In that post, we covered some basics of the PDF format and…
Alleged Hacker Blackmails Miss Teen USA
News reports are coming in that 19-year-old Cassidy Wolf (above) has received emails from an alleged hacker attempting to extort her.
Linux Bank Trojan ‘Hand of Thief’ debuts
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that malware targets other Operating Systems besides Windows. However, it does exist, and is equally potent…
The Malware Archives: PDF Files
Chances are you’ve probably used Adobe Reader before to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Reader—formerly Acrobat Reader—remains the number…
Sophos Discovers ZeroAccess Using RLO
Yesterday, analysts at SophosLabs looked at a new ZeroAccess variant using some new tricks to hide itself. Or should I say…
ZeroAccess uses Self-Debugging
Debuggers—a tool traditionally used to find errors (called “bugs”) in code—are also used by security experts. In the field of malware…