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Malware signed with a governmental signing key

14

Nov

2011

Certificates and CAs continue to be a hot topic (think Stuxnet, Duqu, Comodogate, Diginotar etc). Every now and then we run into malware that has been signed with a code signing certificate. This is problematic, as an unsigned Windows application will produce a warning to the end user if he downloads it from the web […]

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Mac OS X Trojan hides behind malicious PDF disguise

23

Sep

2011

A fascinating new example of Mac malware has been discovered, that appears to be adopting an old Windows-style disguise to fool users into running it. Despite the numerous times that cybercriminals have created boobytrapped PDF files that exploit vulnerabilities to infect unsuspecting users, many people still think that PDF files are somehow magically safer to […]

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JailbreakMe Lulz

08

Jul

2011

Perhaps you’ve heard the news? JailbreakMe 3.0 went live yesterday. What’s JailbreakMe? It’s an easy way to jailbreak an Apple iOS device using a PDF (related) vulnerability. It’s done with a “drive-by” style exploit. All somebody needs to jailbreak their (newer) iPad/iPhone/iPod is to visit jailbreakme.com and to touch the free/install button. The German Federal […]

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