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ZeroAccess is a sophisticated kernel-mode rootkit that is quickly becoming one of the most widespread malware threats.In a new technical paper from SophosLabs, malware researcher James Wyke explores the ZeroAccess threat, examines how it works and looks at what the malware’s ultimate goal is.ZeroAccess has a resilient peer-to-peer command and control infrastructure, runs on both […]

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A Russian security researcher has earned himself a tidy $60,000 by demonstrating how he could waltz past the security sandbox in Google’s Chrome browser to run unauthorised code on fully-patched Windows 7 computers. Sergey Glazunov uncovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, that could be used by malicious hackers and cybercriminals to install and […]

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We suggested earlier that instead of going after the Secure Element chip and the information it keeps safe, attackers would go after the weaker point of the Google Wallet app. Security researcher Joshua Rubin has now created a proof-of-concept app, Google Wallet Cracker, that can recover the Google Wallet PIN on a rooted phone.Once attackers […]

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