Posts Tagged ‘protocol’

Trust but verify: when CAs fall short

Feb

2013

We?ve recently experienced yet another case of a root certificate authority (CA from now on) losing control of its own certificates. And yet again, we have been waiting for either the CA or the browser to do something about it. This whole mess stems, once again, from both a governance and a technical problem. First, […]

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USB Autorun Attack

Feb

2013

New malware emerged recently attacking Android and Windows platforms.Main capabilities: Steals information and downloads filesFile size: 330,984 bytesFile type: APK This malware comes up being a system solution that assists with accelerating your system. Right after set up, it displays an image launcher.After the harmful application is launched, the user will discover its homescreen.The application […]

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W32.Flamer.B: Additional Module Discovered

Oct

2012

In our joint analysis of a W32.Flamer command-and-control (C&C) server, as documented here, we described several C&C server protocols present in code on the server. One of those protocols we knew was associated with W32.Flamer. The other remaining protocol had not previously been observed in the wild and no samples were retrieved which used those […]

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