Tag Archives: Malware

Android malware said to be targeting Indian politicians

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Android as of now has gain popularity much more than desired by its creator! Anything that has popularity and relays on internet for major function, becomes an easy target for cyber crooks. Though security loopholes have been updated and brought … Continue reading

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No, not a Java Zero Day again!

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For all netizens, I have a simple advice: either disable Java or uninstall it! A brand new Java Zero Day has been identified by security firm FireEye. The constant targets are browsers that have Java v1.6 Update 41 and Java … Continue reading

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APTs and the Red Dragon

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Yesterday following a tweet, I came across a newly published report pointing towards the involvement of the Chinese government and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) involvement in some long time cyber espionage carried out in the past. A leading security … Continue reading

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Cover Story : Internet Explorer zero day used in CFR cyber espionage

First of all, Happy New Year to our all readers! The past year witnessed major cyber attacks, that later turned out to be some state sponsored cyber attacks. An example of one such state sponsored attack was the Russians attacking … Continue reading

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BlackHole Exploit kit back with new version 2.0

BlackHole is a famous and widely used exploit kit. Previously we have seen how BlackHole was being used in few malicious campaigns. Few latest exploits and modules give cyber criminal an edge over the victim and hence make them successful … Continue reading

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Quick utilities for malware analysis

Usually we carry out the analysis of malware under virtual environment or using sandbox. Malware analysis is quite helpful in detecting malicious file as well as the behavior and the attack vectors being used in the file. It’s dangerous to … Continue reading

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Java zero day exploitation analysis

Few days back Java zero day was in news. It made it place into metasploit as well as into exploit kits like Blackhole. Here’s a quick analysis of how the attack surfaced and came into action. As seen in earlier … Continue reading

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Flame and Suxnet interconncted?

Flame and Stuxnet, the two famous malwares showed growing examples of how artifical life is being deployed in cyber warfare. The two malwares, hard-coded to accomplish the mission, affected the middle-easter countries and also Iran as a main target. The … Continue reading

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Stuxnet, Duqu and now Flame!

Malware and artificial life have become an important weapons in the cyber warfare. In the past we have seen how Stuxnet and Duqu were silently causing damage to their targets assigned. Where Stuxnet made fatal attack and caused heavy damage … Continue reading

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Trojan disguised as Chrome installer discover in the wild

In the past, we have seen how trojans and malware disguised in the form of fake antivirus have been detected and spotted. A latest happening reported by trend-Micro researchers informs of a trojan impersonating as a Google Chrome Installer. It … Continue reading

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