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Epic Malware Dropper Makes No Attempt to Hide

September 21, 2010 – 3:09 pm

By Andrew Brandt In the world of first-person shooter games, getting the most headshots – hits on the opponent which instantly take the opponent’s avatar out of the game — is a prized goal. The headshot is the quickest way to dispatch a foe in virtually every shooter, which is why the file name of [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Ad-clickers, adware, Backdoors, Blackhat SEO, Destructive behavior, Downloaders, Keyloggers, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: acronis toolbar helper, Adware-DiskClean, amnesiac, autouploaders.net, avto.exe, bestviewbars.com, daporch.com, Desktop Cleanup Wizard, dskclnwiz.dll, fFollower.exe, glures.com, igpayinfos.com, klikiRandomizer, miragge.exe, promotds.com, q1.exe, solaruploaderz.com, Trojan-Agent-Dump, Trojan-Agent-TDSS, Trojan-Backdoor-Zbot, Trojan-Clicker-Vesloruki, Trojan-Downloader-Ncahp, Trojan-Dropper-Headshot, Worm-Koobface, yogetheadshot.php, yogetheadshot.php.exe | Leave a Comment

Fake Flash Update Needs Flash to Work

September 7, 2010 – 1:23 pm

By Andrew Brandt If you live in the US, you may have played sports, barbequed, or enjoyed the last long weekend of the summer outside doing something fun outdoors. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option here in Boulder, where a large wildfire generated a thick plume of smoke and ash. So, what’s a malware analyst to [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Downloaders, phishing, Phishing Trojans, Rogue Security Products, social engineering, social networks, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: ah17 (10 hours ago), babachat (4 hours ago), csmith1199 (6 hours ago), ff2ie.exe, Flash Player 10.37, Funniest thing EVER!!, Koobface, m24.in, m24.in.exe, Nice vid :), sinmike1 (7 hours ago), that.... was .......GREAT !!!, Video posted by ... Hidden Camera ..., WooHoo!! Love this vid!!! Congrats on the front page!!!! :-), Worm-Koobface | Comments (1)

Pro-Israel Website Receives Passwords Stolen by Koobface

September 2, 2010 – 1:04 pm

By Andrew Brandt Is the team behind the Koobface worm taking a stance on the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, or is this notorious worm’s most recent, bizarre twist just a coincidence? We’ve seen Koobface hijack legitimate Web sites for more than a year, using them not only to host malicious payload files, but also to work [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Keyloggers, phishing, Phishing Trojans, Rogue Security Products, social engineering, social networks, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: Israel, Israeli, Koobface, middle east peace, migdal, migdal.org, migdal.org.il, migdal.org.il.exe, Palestine, Palestinian, Worm-Koobface | Comments (2)

‘Spongeface’ Koobface Variant Uses Spongebob as a Tease

January 20, 2010 – 12:40 pm

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By mguthrie09 | Posted in social engineering, social networks, Stupid malware tricks, Uncategorized | Tags: ... Sponge Bob ..., Adobe Flash Player 10.37, captcha.dll, Koobface, Spongebob, spongebob koobface, Spongebob Squarepants, Spongeface, webserver.exe, Worm-Koobface | Comments (4)

A Look Back at the Worst Infections of 2009

December 31, 2009 – 11:29 am

By Andrew Brandt It’s not clear whether the past year will go down in history as a particularly bad year for malware, but one thing is certain: It was bad enough, at times, that fighting infections and cleaning PCs took priority over virtually all other work. Neither home users nor businesses were immune from wave [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Threat Research | Tags: Conficker, trojan, Trojan-Backdoor-Stinkbreath, Trojan-Backdoor-TDSS, Trojan-Backdoor-Zbot, Worm-Koobface | Comments (5)

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