[Trend]Disttrack Malware Overwrites Files, Infects MBR

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Disttrack Malware Overwrites Files, Infects MBR

Reports of Disttrack/Shamoon malware, which overwrites files and infects the Master Boot Record (MBR) of infected systems, have recently surfaced. Trend Micro detects the said malware as WORM_DISTTRACK.A. Currently, its arrival method is still undetermined. It is found to spread to other computers by dropping copies of itself in administrative shares. Its dropped copy may [...]

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Disttrack Malware Overwrites Files, Infects MBR

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