Posts Tagged ‘Symantec Security Response’
Friday, May 18th, 2012


W32.Wergimog is a worm that attempts to spread through removable drives and opens a back door. When I looked into its variants, I found an interesting sample, which I named W32.Wergimog.B. Both samples are based on the same source code, but the .B vari...
Tags: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), security, Security Response, Social Networking Service, Symantec Security Response, W32.Koobface, W32.Wergimog, W32.Wergimog.B, Worm
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
Tags: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), security, Security Response, Social Networking Service, Symantec Security Response, W32.Koobface, W32.Wergimog, W32.Wergimog.B, Worm
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Friday, May 18th, 2012
Tags: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), security, Security Response, Social Networking Service, Symantec Security Response, W32.Koobface, W32.Wergimog, W32.Wergimog.B, Worm
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012


Further analysis of the OSX.Flashback botnet has shed more light on how profitable such a botnet can be. Previously, we wrote that OSX.Flashback was generating money for its authors by displaying advertisements on compromised computers. We now have a m...
Tags: botnet, click fraud, Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), OSX.Flashback, PPC, security, Security Response, Symantec Security Response
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Tags: botnet, click fraud, Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), OSX.Flashback, PPC, security, Security Response, Symantec Security Response
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012


The Opfake gang can be called many things but “lazy” isn't one of them. In the digital age we live in, they are taking the analog art of social engineering to new heights. Several dummy sites have been established, acting as a front for...
Tags: Android.Opfake, Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), games, security, Security Response, Symantec Security Response
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