As fireworks boomed on the Fourth of July, thousands of compromised computers attacked U.S. government Web sites. A botnet of more than 200,000 computers, infected with a strain of 2004’s MyDoom virus, attempted to deny legitimate access to sites such as those of the Federal Trade Commission and the White House. The assault was a bold reminder that botnets continue to be a massive problem.
We, at Trend Micro Research, recently produced a short blog series on the Pushdo botnet, a botnet which excelled at staying under the radar for a considerable period of time. Pushdo is not alone in this regard however – enter Ilomo.
Ilomo has also being active for several years now, and like Pushdo has done so [...]
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All your info are belong to us
A new threat targeting Borland Delphi Compilers is fast becoming a global concern, as we have been receiving reports of increased infection incidents. The file infector, detected by Trend Micro as PE_INDUC.A, tampers with Borland Delphi Compilers installed in targeted systems, causing all files compiled using the compromised Delphi compiler to be infected. Borland Delphi [...]
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File Infector Targets Delphi Compilers
While still low-intensity compared to the PC platform, malware attacks against Macs are definitely becoming more prevalent. Trend Micro researcher Ivan Macalintal has found another new variant of the JAHLAV family hosted on known malicious domains. The new variant is detected as OSX_JAHLAV.I and, like other JAHLAV variants, poses as pirated versions of legitimate [...]
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More Mac Malware In The Wild
