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Unit 42 had a busy week! Researchers Robert Falcone and Jen Miller-Osborn observed a [9002 Trojan](http://bit.ly/2af5wJ4) delivered using a combination of shortened links and a shared file hosted on Google Drive. Palo Alto Networks researchers Tongbo Luo and Bo Qu were credited with the discovery of a [WebKit vulnerability](http://bit.ly/2asPj85) affecting Safari. Jacob Soo discovered [SpyNote](http://bit.ly/2azEZem), a remote spying Android trojan, leaked on several malware discussion forum. Unit 42 also observed [Afraidgate](http://bit.ly/2aupnrm), a major Exploit Kit campaign that switches CryptXXX ransomware back to Locky. 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