Posts Tagged ‘Symantec Security Response’

Worm Posts on SNS Sites and Wipes out Rivals

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...

Worm Posts on SNS Sites and Wipes out Rivals

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...

Worm Posts on SNS Sites and Wipes out Rivals

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...

419 Scammers Take Advantage of the Facebook IPO

Friday, May 18th, 2012


Today sees the highly-anticipated IPO (Initial Public Offering) of the social-networking site Facebook. The IPO is expected to be several times oversubscribed as the demand for shares greatly exceeds the number of shares being issued. The high-profile ...

Malware Charges a Fee for Free Apps on Google Play

Friday, May 18th, 2012


Android.Opfake is malware used to scam mobile device owners into paying a small fee for apps by sending out premium-rate SMS messages from Android devices. It has continued to grow and evolve into a threat that potentially affects a large population of...

Delving into Andoid.Opfake

Thursday, May 17th, 2012


Pre-dating many of the mobile platforms it currently targets and outlasting several of the mobile platforms where it originated from, Android.Opfake has a tendency for survival on the mobile threat landscape not unlike roaches in the aftermath of a nuc...

OSX.Flashback – How to Turn Your Botnet into $$$

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...

OSX.Flashback – How to Turn Your Botnet into $$$

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...

Thieves in the Temple: Android.Opfake Makes Another Run

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...

Thieves in the Temple: Android.Opfake Makes Another Run

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...