Author Archives: R Sachin

The Hangover

Posted on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 by R Sachin

The latest in the APT detected and analyzed by the team of Norman Shark, has been named “Hangover” due to the strings found within the various binaries. When I retraced the report in order to arrive at the same conclusion … Continue reading →

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$45 Million – Cyber Heist

Posted on Monday May 13th, 2013 by R Sachin

Magicians rely on sleight of hand and target the human perception of the way things are construed by the human mind. They are always on a lookout for loopholes and technology to assist them in their acts. Weakness and lack … Continue reading →

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The Professional Web

Posted on Saturday May 4th, 2013 by R Sachin

The Professional Web, this is what “.pw” domains being projected / promoted as. Very lately we have been observing a rise in spam originating from .pw domains. PW ccTLD had recently started providing domains for registrations and that too at … Continue reading →

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Phishing – Blocked by htaccess

Posted on Friday April 26th, 2013 by R Sachin

In recent months, we at eScan have been observing a whole bunch of phishing attacks on Indian Banks. CERT-IN has been informed on multiple occasions but the phishing scams just doesn’t seem to end. Untill recently, I had never seen … Continue reading →

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