September 2007 - Posts

Let’s go fishing Barracudas

Posted by Vicente Martinez at  28 September 07 01:58     Several months ago we mentioned Barracuda , which is a bot that can be updated with the files we indicate it, launch DDoS attacks and turn the infected computers into proxies. Today, when analysing several malicious sites, I have come across a server

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Kits for installing malware --> Traffic Pro

Posted by Luis Corrons at  27 September 07 02:10     We have talked quite a few times about kits for installing malware, such as MPack and IcePack. Vicente has been studying for a while another kit called TrafficPro. Although it's older than MPack and IcePack, it's cheaper (about $20 - $40), that's

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Do AV companies create viruses?

Posted by Luis Corrons at  25 September 07 04:48     As someone working in the lab of an antivirus company, I've often been asked if we are the ones that create viruses. Not only the journalists, but even my friends and family have been asking me about this for a while. I'm bringing this issue up

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Virus Bulletin 2007

Posted by Luis Corrons at  24 September 07 05:15     To avoid publishing 2 similar posts, here you are a link to Panda Research blog about the last Virus Bulletin, where I did one of the presentations and Panda finished second on the IT-Security Table Soccer World Championship:

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Greetings from Vienna

Posted by Luis Corrons at  19 September 07 02:18     Virus Bulletin 2007 is taking place this week, at the Hilton Vienna Hotel. This event, which starts today and ends on Friday, offers a wide range of interesting conferences about typical issues in the security area, such as crimeware, spam, phishing and

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August spyware list

Posted by Vicente Martinez at  04 September 07 01:23     This month there has been some changes in the first positions with regard to the previous one: Adware/Gator goes up from the third to the second position and, therefore, Adware/Lop loses one position. 1.- Application/MyWebSearch 2.- Adware/Gator 3.- Adware/Lop

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