New MS Access exploit
Last week, John Fellers sent us a sample that exploited a flaw in MS Access. We thought it was the same vulnerability sent to Bugtraq…
29A Labs has left the building
One of the most famous international VX groups, 29A Labs, announced yesterday they are closing shop. Following is a note that VirusBuster, the last standing…
Multi AVs Scanners
From the point of view of a malware developer, one of the main goals when developing a new creation is to avoid antivirus detections, via…
Not all phishing is about banking
When we think about phishing, we think about e-mails that try to get information from online banks, eBay or PayPal accounts. While in most of…
Phishing Ecosystem
Taking a look at one of the thousands of malware samples we are processing everyday, we have found a Trojan that was looking for e-mail…
2007 WildList Proactive Detection
Andreas Marx from AV-Test has just finished WildList Proactive Detection and Response Time Testing for Q4 2007. You might remember I published the Q3 2007…
FirePack for the winter
Do you remember IcePack? It seems that some kits for installing malware are somehow “seasonal”, as we found IcePack in summer, and in late 2007…