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Microsoft Windows Registry loaded with malware

18

Sep

2012

Nowadays it’s very common for threats to use rootkit techniques to hide malicious files on computer hard drive, but it’s not so common to hide actual payload in the Windows Registry and use malicious file as only a loader. The following sample has evolved a bit since we first saw this kind of thing but […]

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Stronger Windows 8 Still Vulnerable Through Apps, Users

26

Jul

2012

This is the third in a series of posts about Microsoft Windows 8, the Metro interface, and our view of its security status. To review the first two articles, click here and here.UEFI and Secure BootWith Windows 8, Microsoft introduces Secure Boot, which allows the boot sequence to be secure and trusted. For cryptographic verification […]

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A School for Cybercrime: How to Become a Black Hat

17

Jan

2012

Life looks good for Brazilian hackers: the absence of a specific law against cybercrime leaves them feeling so invulnerable that the bad guys are shameless about publicizing their thefts and showing off the profits of a life of crime. We showed some of this in a presentation at the latest Virus Bulletin Conference, and it’s […]

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