Internet Explorer 8 Exploit Found in Watering Hole Campaign Targeting Chinese Dissidents

On March 16th, we discovered a premeditated waterhole campaign that hosts exploits and malware on websites frequented by a specific target group. In this case the target includes Chinese dissidents. For the attacker, this approach is highly attractive since it is very difficult to discover the...

Java Exploit Linked to Red October Espionage Malware Campaign

Red October, the espionage campaign uncovered by Kaspersky Lab this week after attackers spent five years actively spying on diplomats, scientists, and governments worldwide, is using a Java exploit to infect its victims, bringing the exploit count to four in this campaign. Seculert, an Israeli...

Back-and-Forth to Continue Between Macdefender and Apple

There is a serious game of back-and-forth going on between the security team over at Apple and the developers of the Macdefender malware. As reported by Threatpost, Apple deployed a patch to remedy the troubling fake AV, then shortly after that, the developers of Macdefender altered their methods...

Malware Payload Code Detection

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Malware Payload Code detection

The remote port seems to be sending the payload of a malware. This is used by some worms when spreading by infecting other hosts. The system is probably infected by a worm or a Trojan horse. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This script was written by Michel Arboi Many thanks t...