Tag Archives: Trojan

APTs and the Red Dragon

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Prashant
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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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And again we have an IE zero day being exploited in the wild!

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Prashant

  The java zero day exploit had already came under spotlight and was found to be exploited in the wild. It seems as if the java zero day authors have something more in there bags. In latest happening, a security … Continue reading →

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Chinese hackers strike at Indian Navy computers

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Prashant

Chinese hackers have always strike at Indian cyber boundaries, be it PMO attack or other sensitive government authority. At this time they have managed to broke into the computers of Indian Navy. They were successful in penetrating computers at Eastern … Continue reading →

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Trojan disguised as Chrome installer discover in the wild

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Prashant

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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Performing Android malware analysis

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Prashant

In the past few years, malware and Trojans have moved with a rapid pace when it comes to mobile portability. Many famous Trojans and malwares have been detected and analyzed in the past. Android being the latest and a popular … Continue reading →

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Mac OS X trojan Flashback earns $10,000 a day to it masters!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Prashant

Flashback Trojan was discovered in the wild, exploiting java vulnerabilities on Mac OS X operating systems. The malware brought downfall to the clear image of Apple’s operating system. The same java exploit was being incorporated into the infamous BlackHole exploit … Continue reading →

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Finally, Duqu mystery solved!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Prashant

Duqu, the so called successor of Stuxnet was noticed by Kaspersky researcher and was found to be a unique one so far. It had already created a lot of mystery on the programming language its based on. The Kasper Lab … Continue reading →

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After Stuxnet, its Duqu now!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Prashant

Artificial intelligence in the form of worms and malwares is the latest weapon in the cyber warfare. Few times back, we had seen how stuxnet had created havoc in Iran by affecting SCADA systems and damaging the nuclear program. Duqu … Continue reading →

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Mac users getting infected from Flashback trojan

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Prashant

Apple’s Mac OS have always been assumed as safe and secure operating system. But in the last few years, security bugs and trojans have affected mac users and infections have increased tremendously. Mac anti-virus maker Intego is warning about new … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer malware plugin also infects Firefox

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Prashant

Browser plugins have been an important factors or doors to hack and exploit into the. The past have noticed how browsers have came under attack due to third party plugins. Malware City reports of a new threat which after infecting … Continue reading →

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