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Linux Kernel Exploit Ported to Android

12

Jun

2013

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. The recent discovery of a Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2094 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2094) in the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL)-currently being exploited on various platforms-has now been modified to work on the Android operating system. For anyone unfamiliar with […]

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Windows 8 and Keygens

03

May

2013

As we first reported in the Microsoft Security Report Volume 13, Keygens have become the number one threat reported by users of Microsoft antimalware products. The research also indicates that 76 percent of users that downloaded Keygen or software cracks were also exposed to other, more dangerous malware. Keygens are typically not very dangerous on their own. However, […]

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Three Lessons from the South Korea MBR Wiper Attacks

02

Apr

2013

Last week, we posted some detailed information about the actions that the March 20, 2013 MBR wiper attacks took against systems in South Korea.Today, I’d like to take that and some additional information that has come out about the incident and draw some conclusions about what lessons this attack teaches us.When we look at the […]

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