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AVG CodeWord: Update – Apple Mac OS X

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Apr

2012

Apple provides users of its OS X operating system with a Software Update feature which is run at defined intervals, but which may be accessed manually at any time by visiting the (?) menu and selecting Software Update. If you have set your Software Update preferences to run weekly then you see a list of […]

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64-Bit System Driver Infected and Signed After UAC Bypassed

15

Mar

2012

What was just a theory not so long ago is now being used in-the-wild by threats such as Backdoor.Hackersdoor and its newer variant Backdoor.Conpee. Back in December we analyzed tdpipe.sys, an infected 64-bit Windows 7 system driver. The infection consisted of an extra import added to the driver’s import table: The import named DiscPart from […]

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Trojan:Android/OpFake.D still encodes its config file

31

Jan

2012

We’ve been seeing cases of malware that first debuted on other operating systems being ported over to Android. Here’s another trojan that fits the bill. Opfake was first found on Symbian and Windows Mobile. In its latest incarnation on Android, the trojan (still) appears to be an Opera Mini app…whose only permission request is to […]

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