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Major shift in strategy for ZeroAccess rootkit malware, as it shifts to user-mode

06

Jun

2012

SophosLabs has been monitoring a new strain of the infamous ZeroAccess rootkit that has been hitting the internet over the last few weeks.ZeroAccess is a sophisticated kernel-mode rootkit that enslaves victim PCs, adding them to a peer-to-peer botnet from which they receive commands to download other malware. The rootkit has undergone several revisions since its […]

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W32.Flamer: Enormous Data Collection

05

Jun

2012

W32.Flamer has built-in modules to gather an enormous amount of information from compromised computers, well beyond that of any threat seen previously. These modules, referred to as 'apps' by the threat, are downloadable and updatable by the threat from an 'app store', as described in a previous blog. Flamer may initially collect some preliminary information […]

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Flamer: A Recipe for Bluetoothache

01

Jun

2012

W32.Flamer is possibly the only Windows based threat we have encountered which uses Bluetooth. It is yet another indicator that W32.Flamer is not only exceptional, but that it is a comprehensive information gathering and espionage tool. The CrySyS laboratory has previously documented the technical details of Bluetooth in W32.Flamer. But, what does this actually mean […]

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