We’ve recently encountered malware that grabs MS Word and Excel files from users’ infected systems and then uploads them to the file hosting site sendspace.com. Sendspace is a file hosting website that offers file hosting to enable users to “send, receive, track and share your big files.” Sendspace was recently used for dropping stolen data [...]

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Malware Uses Sendspace to Store Stolen Documents

Last year, the security industry was plagued by a series of APT reports, which included the “Nitro Attack”. The backdoor used here is known as PoisonIvy or BKDR_POISON. Its builder is available online. Security vendors have then taken measures to counter this threat to help customers battle against similar infections in the future. However, a [...]

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BKDR_POISON: More Challenges Ahead

We already knew that more and more people are becoming tablet and smartphone owners, but two new surveys that were released just this week reinforced that. A Google/Ipsos poll found that smartphone use was growing in all 5 surveyed countries. In the US, smartphone ownership rose from 31% to 38% of the population by September/October [...]

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Mobile Threat Landscape: A Decade Later