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Unveiling The Latest Variant of Pushdo

May 15, 2013

Dr. Brett Stone-Gross of the Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) research team and Dr. Manos Antonakakis, Jeremy Demar, and Kevin Stevens of the Damballa Labs and David Dagon of the Georgia Institute of Technology have collaborated in researching the Pushdo threat and have discovered a new variant of the malware downloader.

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COUNTER THREAT UNIT RESEARCH TEAM
Secureworks Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers frequently serve as expert resources for the media, publish technical analyses for the security community, and speak about emerging threats at security conferences. Leveraging Secureworks’ advanced security technologies and a network of industry contacts, the CTU™ research team tracks threat actors and analyzes anomalous activity, uncovering new attack techniques and threats. This process enables CTU researchers to identify threats as they emerge and develop countermeasures that protect customers before damage can occur.
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