Latest posts on the Labs Weblog:
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Zeitgeist 2012: Mikko Q&A
Thursday, May 24, 2012
by SeanMikko took part in Google's Zeitgeist 2012 earlier this week in London.
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AusCERT Presentation: The Enemy
Thursday, May 24, 2012
by SeanMikko was a featured speaker last week at AusCERT2012.
You can listen to (or download) audio of his presentation from Risky Business.
And then once you have the audio, you can view Mikko's slides via SlideShare.
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ZeuS Ransomware Feature: win_unlock
Monday, May 21, 2012
by ThreatResearchEarlier today, while doing our daily data mining, we came across a new variant of ZeuS 2.x. It includes a new backdoor command called: win_unlock. Very interesting, turns out this slightly modified ZeuS 2.x includes a ransomware feature.
When this particular variant is executed, it opens Internet Explorer with a specific page (lex.creativesandboxs.com/locker/lock.php) and prevents the user from doing anything else with the infected system. The webpage that was opened presumably showed some type of extortion message, but it's currently unavailable because the site is offline.
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Video: Angry Birds Space Trojan & Drive-by Android
Friday, May 18, 2012
by SeanOn Monday, we released our Mobile Threat Report for Q1, and in that report we mention there's a growing number of mobile trojans that "deliver on their promises". What do we mean by that?
Well, in the past, mobile malware often offered something such as "free" mobile web services as bait, but then, during installation, the trojan would display some kind of decoy error message.
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Repost: Webinar: Making Life Difficult for Malware
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
by SeanJarno Niemela, a Senior Researcher here at F-Secure Labs, will be taking part in a Black Hat Webcast on Thursday, May 17, 2012. The subject is "Making Life Difficult for Malware" and will focus on system modifications that can be used to prevent malware from functioning properly in the event that your system is compromised.




