Windows malware

The first macro virus for MS Office

The first macro virus for Microsoft Office appeared seven years ago today. It was first named Macro.Office.Triplicate, later re-named into Virus.MSOffiice.Triplicate when it became apparent that Triplicate was the first of a wave of new malware.

Seven years later we rarely, if ever see new…

Incidents

New Cabir variant

We have just received two very similar Cabir variants, purportedly from the author. This person claims that he/she has the source code and can make new worms instead of only Cabir variants.

Reports

ToddyCat: your hidden email assistant. Part 2

An in-depth analysis of Umbrij, a new tool used by the ToddyCat APT group to compromise corporate email communications in Gmail. The attack targeted OAuth authorization tokens, allowing threat actors to gain access to Google services.