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CVE-2012-0158 Exploit in the Wild
Since last week, we have seen many specially crafted files exploiting CVE-2012-0158, a vulnerability in MSCOMCTL.OCX in...Latest SpyEye Botnet Active and Cheaper
On April 16, we found a Pastebin entry selling the latest version of the infamous SpyEye botnet...Digging Into the Nitol DDoS Botnet
Nitol is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet that seems to be small and not widely...Hacker Leaves Online Trail, Loses Anonymity
Since March 20, the @Anonw0rmer Twitter account has been silent. Its owner, w0rmer, is known as a...Android Malware Promises Video While Stealing Contacts
Recently we discovered a new Android Trojan in the official Google Play market that displays a video...Darkshell DDOS Botnet Evolves With Variants
Darkshell is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet targeting Chinese websites. It was found in 2011...RDP+RCE=Bad News (MS12-020)
See March 15 and 16 updates at the end of this blog. —————————————————- The March Security...Android Malware Pairs Man-in-the-Middle With Remote-Controlled Banking Trojan
Based on the Android malware that we’ve seen so far, one of the principal motivations to develop...Google Code Projects Host Android Malware
[March 1: See update at end] Google Code is a well-known platform that provides a collaborative environment...Android DIY DoS App Boosts Hacktivism in South America
Hacktivism has become very popular in recent years; one of its leading agents is the online community...Networked Printers at Risk
Multifunction printers (MFPs) have been common in offices for years. They let employees print, scan, and copy...Fighting Mobile Phone Impersonation and Surveillance
Yesterday at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress (28C3), in Berlin, security researchers along with Karsten Nohl and...
