New OSX/Imuler Variant Targeting Tibetan Activists
A new OSX/Imuler variant, detected as OSX/Imuler.E, has been targeting Tibetan activists. This varies little from the previous Imular...
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How Does Malware Get Named?
I imagine there are some of you out there who wonder how companies come up with malware names. It...
New Multiplatform Backdoor Jacksbot Discovered
Update – October 15, 2012 Upon further analysis, it’s been determined that this trojan is the Java RAT (aka...
New Imuler Variant Found–Steer Clear of “Your Dirty Pics”
Update – September 23, 2012 This Trojan is being targeted at Tibetan activists. It has been reported as being...
OSX/Tsunami Variant Found Dropped by Java 0-Day
A new variant of OSX/Tsunami has been found, which is rumored to be dropped as a drive-by-download by the...
New Java Zero-Day Exploit Shows Multi-Platform Development
Update September 10, 2012 This exploit has been patched by Oracle and Apple. You can find more information about...
An Analysis of the Cross-Platform Backdoor OSX/NetWeirdRC
Commercial backdoor malware for Mac called NetWire (OSX/NetWeirdRC) has been discovered. Here is everything you need to know, including...
New Crisis Behavior Observed, Now Infecting Virtual Machines
The folks in Symantec’s research lab have found new behavior of a previously discovered Crisis package. To describe this...
OSX/Crisis Has Been Used as Part of a Targeted Attack
New information about the OSX/Crisis samples we spotted on VirusTotal is continuing to come to light. It turns out...
More on OSX/Crisis —Advanced Spy Tool
Yesterday we discussed new malware for OS X called OSX/Crisis, which is a brand new Trojan that installs a...