Tag: click-fraud
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Paper: Not old enough to be forgotten: the new chic of Visual Basic 6
Marion Marschalek looks at two Miuref binaries: one packed with Visual Basic 6 and one with C++. Two months ago, Microsoft announced it had added ‘Miuref’ to its Malicious Software Removal Tool. First discovered in December 2013, Miuref is a click-fraud trojan that silently makes a browser ‘click’ advertisements that are controlled by those running…
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SQL attack hacks wide range of sites
CA among victims of major attack linking sites to malware. Huge numbers of legitimate websites – perhaps as many as 100,000 according to some reports – fell victim to hackers over the last couple of weeks thanks to SQL injection problems leaving sites vulnerable. The hacks redirect traffic to sites in China, where click-fraud is…