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Hackers would never be hired by security vendors….right?

04

Nov

2011

In a recent BBC article, reputable security firm McAfee is quoted saying, “I’ve never hired computer hackers but that’s not to say I would never do that,” says Raj Samani, chief technical officer of McAfee Europe. Wow, I thought. Really? OK, I admit, hacker is one those terms whose definitions has blurred in the last […]

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New zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability associated with Duqu Trojan

02

Nov

2011

In the continuing saga of the malware known as Duqu, CrySyS Lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics has announced it was able to acquire a copy of the “dropper” from one of the victims. What is a dropper and what does this mean? A dropper is a term used by anti-virus researchers […]

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Nitro malware attack targets industrial companies, relies on social engineering

01

Nov

2011

Symantec published a paper today titled “The Nitro Attacks: Stealing Secrets from the Chemical Industry.” The paper details research they did into a recent series of targeted attacks on industrial companies. This “nitro” attack has an interesting blend of malware techniques that does show some ingenuity. It used a socially engineered email message with a […]

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