Troublesome Trojan Trammels Torrent Sites

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 [...]

Our Cup Runneth Over with Farrah Fawcett Files and Michael Jackson Malware

By Andrew Brandt With the sad news circulating the globe that 70s sex symbol, TV pitchwoman, and former Charlie’s Angel Farrah Fawcett passed away this morning, it didn’t take long for the malware vultures to execute their attack. Beginning in the afternoon, our Proactive Research team began finding tons of pages that purportedly offered a [...]

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