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Malware Authors Employ Variety to Evade Security Detection

Sep

2013

In the McAfee Labs blog we have covered many techniques that malware uses to evade code-based detection. In my previous blog I discussed procedure prologue and procedure epilogue techniques to evade security systems. We recently came across one more set of fake-alert samples that use a different technique to evade detection. This technique is related […]

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Evasion Techniques: Encoded JavaScript Attacks PDF Files

Feb

2013

Last week I kicked off a series of blogs with a discussion of how an effective IPS solution can fight obfuscation techniques by malware. This week, we’ll look at how JavaScript poses a danger when combined with PDF files.One of the easiest and most powerful ways to customize PDF files is by using JavaScript. JavaScript […]

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Win32/Gapz: New Bootkit Technique

Dec

2012

In the last couple of years a number of new bootkits have appeared in the wild targeting the Microsoft Windows platform. Among the most prominent examples are TDL4, Olmasco and Rovnix. These each employ different ways of infecting the system by means of modifying either the MBR (Master Boot Record) or the VBR/IPL (Volume Boot […]

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