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ZeroAccess Rootkit Launched by Signed Installers

22

Nov

2011

Digital certificates and certificate authorities have been much in the news recently. Attacks–such as those used by Stuxnet, Duqu, and other malware–involving stolen certificates show an increasingly worrisome new security trend. Certificate authorities have been targeted several times in the recent past with some success. There is a large chunk of known malware signed by […]

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Dutch CA suspends issuance of digital certificates

05

Nov

2011

Dutch Certificate Authority KPN/Getronics has announced the suspension of the issuance of digital certificates. The reason for this is that a breach has been discovered on a KPN web server related to PKI. The attack dates back no less than four years. KPN, best known for its telecom business, acquired Getronics four years ago. Former […]

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The Day of the Golden Jackal – The Next Tale in the Stuxnet Files: Duqu

19

Oct

2011

Stuxnet was possibly the most complex attack of this decade, and we expected that further similar attacks would be developed in the near future. One thing for sure is that the Stuxnet team is still active as recent evidence has revealed. McAfee Labs received a kit from an independent team of researchers. This kit is closely related […]

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