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Blast from the past: stowaway Virut delivered with Chinese DDoS bot

March 1, 2018 admin avzhan, Avzhan DDoS bot, Chinese drive-by attack, DDoS bot, malware, Threat analysis, virus, virut

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000

A recent Chinese drive-by attack dropped Virut, an ancient virus that’s been out of commission since 2013. So what was it doing in this modern attack?

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A week in security (February 19 – February 25)

February 26, 2018 admin avzhan, ddos, deepfakes, fraud, GDPR, impersonation, KrebsOnSecurity, recap, secuity, Security world, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000

A roundup of notable news stories from February 19–25, including drive-by download attacks on Chinese websites, Deepfakes programs being paired with cryptominers, and a review of GDPR guidelines.

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Avzhan DDoS bot dropped by Chinese drive-by attack

February 23, 2018 admin avzhan, Bot, Botnet, ddos, drive-by attack, exploit kit, malware, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0000

The Avzhan DDoS bot is back in the wild again, this time being dropped by a Chinese drive-by attack. In this post, we’ll take a deep dive into its functionality and compare the sample we captured with the one described in the past.

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