Posts Tagged ‘private key’

Avatar rootkit: the continuing saga

Aug

2013

Back at the beginning of May we posted preliminary information about Win32/Rootkit.Avatar rootkit (Mysterious Avatar rootkit with API, SDK, and Yahoo Groups for C&C communication). One of the major questions not covered in that previous research was this: What payload and plugins does Avatar install onto infected machines? We continue our research and are still […]

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The Android BitCoin vulnerability explained

Aug

2013

Last week Google announced a weakness in the Android platform that left users of certain BitCoin wallet applications at risk and potentially allowing the theft of funds. Upon further examination, it emerged that the Android implementation of Java SecureRandom class contains a vulnerability that prevents the generation of secure random numbers to protect the wallet […]

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Android Cryptographic Issue May Affect Hundreds of Thousands of Apps

Aug

2013

There’s been a lot of confusion over the last few days, since bitcoin.org announced that an Android component responsible for generating secure random numbers contained a critical weakness that rendered many Android bitcoin wallets vulnerable. There are a number of different issues that seem to have come into play to make these bitcoin wallets vulnerable. […]

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