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ekoParty 2011

24

Sep

2011

I have been in Buenos Aires attending the ekoParty security conference, which has recently exploded in popularity. This year saw more than 1,000 attendees. ekoParty is a premier technical conference in Latin America (think Defcon/Blackhat) that showcases presenters from around the world, with the bulk of them local to Argentina. The conference runs three days […]

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Jason Allen / Amy Allen virus hoax spreads on Facebook

25

May

2011

A new virus hoax is spreading on Facebook, shared by well-intentioned users who believe they are warning their friends and family about a threat – but, in reality, are just adding to the noise. Messages being shared across Facebook warn users not to add as a Facebook friend people called “Jason Allen” or “Amy Allen”. […]

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Win32/Alureon brings back old school virus techniques, enhanced

16

May

2011

In 1999, a new virus, Win32/Crypto, was discovered. It was using brute-force attacks against its encryption key to decrypt its body. Today, in 2011, variants of Win32/Alureon are bringing this old-school technique back to life, with some extra naughtiness, as you will see below. While working recently on different Win32/Alureon samples, we noticed some behaviour […]

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