First widespread virus cross-infection

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First widespread virus cross-infection
Botnet	Xpiro
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2013 / 2013-07-23
Editor/Conference	Symantec
Link	http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/first-widespread-virus-cross-infection (Archive copy)
Author	Jeet Morparia
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang—and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit files. The infections are cross-platform (a 32-bit Xpiro variant can infect a 64-bit executable file, and vice versa) and persistent in nature. Additionally, this virus has also enhanced its information stealing capabilities by adding Firefox and Chrome extensions to monitor browser sessions.

Bibtex

 @misc{2013BFR1360,
   editor = {Symantec},
   author = {Jeet Morparia},
   title = {First widespread virus cross-infection},
   date = {23},
   month = Jul,
   year = {2013},
   howpublished = {\url{http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/first-widespread-virus-cross-infection}},
 }