A Peek Inside a Gallery of Fake Security Software Circa 2008 Screenshots - An Analysis

An image is worth a thousand words.

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A Peek Inside the Internet Explorer Zero Day Exploits Serving Campaign Affecting Thousands of Legitimate Sites Circa 2008 - An Analysis

Takes you back doesn't it? What used to be a daily reality back in 2008 namely the use of iFrame injected scripts on major Web properties basically forwarding the redirecting legitimate traffic to client-side exploits serving web malware exploitation kits is still a valid practice in today's modern and sophisticated cybercrime ecosystem.

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A Peek Inside a Google AdSense Rogue and Bogus Advertisement Campaign Impersonating Legitimate Software - An Analysis

As I've recently came across several mainstream news articles on the use of Google AdSense to serve malware I've decided to share several screenshots circa 2008 which basically demonstrate the process.

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A Peek Inside a DIY iFrame Embedded DDoS Attack Script Targeting Iran-Based Web Sites - An Analysis

With basic iFrame injecting scripts making their rounds back in 2008 including their use and participation in actual crowd-sourced DDoS attack campaigns internationally I've decided to share with everyone a sample screenshot of a sample iFrame DDoS script that was actually known to have been involved in a successful DDoS attack against major Iran-based web sites back in 2008.

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A Peek Inside a Mass SQL Injection Scanning and Exploiting IRC Botnet - An Analysis

Who would have thought? A mass SQL injection scanning and remotely exploitable including fuzzing capabilities built-in IRC-based botnet? I've decided to share with everyone some sample screenshots on the process with the idea to raise everyone's awareness that what used to be once a rocket science is today's reality in specific back in 2008 when I originally took these screenshots.

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A Peek Inside the Spack Web Malware Exploitation Kit - An Analysis

Dear blog readers,

I've decided to share with everyone several sample screenshots of the infamous Spack web malware exploitation kit with the idea to raise everyone's awareness on the ease of use and easy to implement mass client-side exploitation tools on a mass scale.

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A Peek Inside a Milw0rm Syndicating Remote Execution Flaws Exploitable IRC Scanning Botnet - An Analysis

Who would have thought? An IRC based botnet that's directly syndicating remotely exploitable flaws and actually scanning for them using an IRC based bothet? Takes you back doesn't it? This has been a daily practice since practically 2008 and I've decided to share some sample screenshots of the process in action.

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A Peek Inside the Xedant Human Emulator Spam Tool - An Analysis

Dear blog readers,

In need of a decent example of a sophisticated spam tool that's truly capable to bypass any web site's anti-spam defense including basically any known CAPTCHA including to also automate the process to the point where the actual bad guys behind the infamous Xedant human emulator are truly capable of causing widespread spam havoc internationally? Think about the Xedant human emulator tool circa 2008.

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A Peek Inside the Xrumer Spam Tool - An Analysis

Who would have thought? It's an unknown period of time within the cybercrime ecosystem and I've decided to share exclusive screenshots of the infamous Xrumer spam tool which basically used to and continues to dominate the spam marketplace by possessing a variety of advanced and sophisticated features making it easy for everyone to enter the world of spam globally.

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A Peek Inside A Web Malware Exploitation Kit - An Analysis

Dear blog readers,

I've decided to share with everyone yet another post part of the "an image is worth a thousand words" blog posts series. Takes you back doesn't it? In this post I've decided to share with everyone a never released and published before screenshots of a well known web malware exploitation kit with the idea to showcase the ease of use and easy to implement client-side exploit vulnerabilities exploitation on a mass scale.

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A Peek Inside the Zalupko Accounting Data Stealing Malicious Software Botnet - An Analysis

Who would have thought? Takes you back doesn't it? As I've been going deep inside my old threat intelligence archive circa 2008 I've decided to share with everyone several never published or released before screenshots of the Zalupko accounting data stealing malicious software release botnet with the idea to raise everyone's spirit in the field of fighting cybercrime and doing research and possibly take your research motivation higher.

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