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Since Saturday evening, we have been experiencing multiple attacks targeting websites under gov.pl domain. Most of the attacks are DDoS, attributed to Anonymous who declared radical protests after Polish government revealed plans to sign the ACTA treaty on January 26th. Websites of the Polish Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

n the autumn of 2011 we observed new malware infections, which looked similar to Zeus. Subsequent analysis of the malicious software mechanism start up, the process of hiding and storing of configuration indeed verified that it was ZeuS. However, monitoring of infected machines failed to uncover the characteristic communicatation with …

Our first semiannual report, covering period from January to June 2011 is focused on information from automated systems. We have received almost 4 million automated incident reports and we grouped them in major categories such as spam sources, phishing, malware, bots or DDoS attacks. We discuss our findings in the …

Our annual report for 2010 presents and comments on statistical data derived from CERT Polska daily operations in 2010. The outcome is a comprehensive analysis of network threats affecting Polish networks as we see them. Unlike previous years, when we focused on manually handled incidents, the data presented in the …

ZeuS is a “popular” spyware, a short analysis of which we had provided earlier. ZITMO, or “Zeus In The MObile”, is a new threat that has been affecting customers of Polish banks for the past few weeks. This is a new variation of Zeus, targeting smartphones as well as PCs …

SECURE is the oldest IT security conference in Poland, serving as a forum for discussion about current computer and network security problems. Organized by CERT Polska, SECURE is targeted primarily at IT administrators, security officers and security practicioners. CERT Polska, a team experienced with incident handling and coordination, focuses the …