Malware

The Philippino Storm

July 15, 2014 — Leave a comment

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This one you have to hear. It seems that the Internet frauds are as efficient as we are willing to believe them. Yes, they are that simple and shameless, because sometimes we can be so naive that it hurts. So, here goes our story. We are talking about a group of scammers from China and Taiwan.

The Philippines were their base of operations, but they were targeting their countrymen in this case. The funny or sad part of this story is that they were able to convince their victims that the bank accounts used, were under a tremendous jeopardy.  What happened next?

Believe it or not, these poor people bought their story that the safest way for them to save the money was to transfer to this group. Maybe, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to learn some hacking 101. But, to be able to convince people about this one is really a magical manipulation.

So, why did they choose to operate from the Philippines? Well, someone told them that there they will be safe from prosecution there. It was their turn to be ridiculously naive. What is the moral of this story? Do not worry about hackers do your best to detect liars on time.

The “CosmicDuke” Hits Like A Nuke

July 9, 2014 — Leave a comment

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What do you know even the viruses have to be updated every now and then. It seems that the “white software” rules apply more or less in the same way for the “black software”. So, what happened? Well, the former MiniDuke has evolved into a CosmicDuke. And, that is only the beginning of this story.

According to the findings of Kaspersky Lab experts, we can expect improved features of this espionage Trojan. In addition, for these particular purposes hackers were willing to cooperate and even share the source codes among themselves. Apparently the CosmicDuke has borrowed, some things from an older malware guy called Cosmu.

This malware has a remarkable one.decade long history. It definitely has some useful materials to contribute in CosmicDuke’s unlawful quest. The funny thing about this one, though, is that the priorities have changed. While MiniDuke was targeted specifically the governments, its younger version CosmicDuke has different objectivess.

As a matter of fact, the CosmicDuke has a specific target group, which includes people involved in the distribution of hormones and steroids. Therefore, there are some rumors that a pharmaceutical industry is responsible for the very birth of the CosmicDuke. How about that for a change?