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Targeting ZeroAccess Rootkit’s Achilles’ Heel

01

May

2012

ProliferationZeroAccess is one of the most talked and blogged [1], [2] about rootkits in recent times. It is also one of the most complex and highly prevalent rootkits we have encountered and which is still continuing to evolve. The ZeroAccess rootkit is distributed via both social engineering as well as exploitation. A recent blog post by our colleagues at McAfee, describes some […]

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Darkmegi: This Is Not the Rootkit You’re Looking For

17

Apr

2012

Darkmegi was in the news a couple of months back; it was the first known threat to be delivered through the Microsoft vulnerability CVE-2012-0003 (MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability) exploitation. More recently Darkmegi has been seen in CVE-2011-3544 (Java Runtime Remote Code Execution) drive-by attacks as part of the Gong Da Pack exploit kit. Darkmegi uses […]

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Free Virus Removal Tool for download from Sophos

11

Apr

2012

You know that feeling when you’re pretty sure your Windows machine *might* be infected, but your anti-virus finds nothing?Or worse, your anti-virus does detect malware, but the instructions to disinfect and rid your system of the malware are so complicated that you want to pull out your hair. Well, Sophos has just released its Virus […]

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