Monthly Archives: November 2010

Troublesome Trojan Trammels Torrent Sites

November 24, 2010 – 1:08 pm

By Andrew Brandt We spotted an interesting behavior from a Trojan dropper that belongs to a family of malware named Ponmocup. The file, update.exe (MD5 89f4ea9f0240239e0d97f202d22af325) leaves behind a payload that, among other things, modifies the Hosts file on infected computers to prevent users from visiting popular Bittorrent sites, including The Pirate Bay. It’s an [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Destructive behavior, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans, Uncategorized, Website owners | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

Karagany Isn’t a Doctor, but Plays One on Your PC

November 22, 2010 – 4:29 pm

By Andrew Brandt A Trojan that pulls a sly performance of now-you-see-me-now-you-don’t disguises itself on an infected system as the Adobe Updater, a real program that’s installed alongside such mainstay applications as the Adobe Reader. This method of hiding in plain sight means the downloader, Trojan-Downloader-Karagany, may remain active on an infected system for an [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Botnet activity, Downloaders, Rogue Security Products, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (6)

Rogue AV Spam Invades Multiply, Yahoo Mail

November 10, 2010 – 4:23 pm

By Andrew Brandt While nowhere near the size of the mammoth Facebook, the social network Multiply is no slouch. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, the site is designed around not only sharing photos and videos with friends and family, but also a relatively novel concept called social shopping, which permits users of the site to [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Rogue Security Products, social engineering, social networks, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments (8)

Search Hijacker Adds Files to Firefox Profile

November 5, 2010 – 11:49 am

By Andrew Brandt In September, I posted an item about a dropper which we call Trojan-Dropper-Headshot. This malware delivers everything including the kitchen sink when it infects your system. It has an absolute ton of payloads, any of which on their own constitute a serious problem. All together, they’re a nightmare. Among the payloads, we’ve [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Firefox, hijack search results, malware, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Malware Threats: What Would Churchill Do?

November 3, 2010 – 4:24 pm

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director With Christmas fast approaching, (lest we forget the shops have kindly put all the Christmas goods out in September and early October again!) we can expect online attacks to increase as per their normal schedules, ramping up through the end of the year. With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill, [...]

By imoyse | Posted in Botnet activity, Destructive behavior, Enterprises, Online shopping threats, Passwords, phishing, social engineering, social networks, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Website owners | Comments (1)
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