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Popureb – a small rootkit with a big reputation

07

Jul

2011

There has been a lot of discussion in recent weeks about some new variants of the Popureb rootkit that clobber your Master Boot Record (MBR). Initial reports from Microsoft even suggested the only way to recover was to reinstall Windows, which fortunately is not true. SophosLabs Threat Researchers Mike Wood, Michele Freschi and Ahmed Zaki […]

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‘Indestructible’ rootkit rumours are greatly exaggerated! Stand down from high alert!

01

Jul

2011

LulzSec has sailed away – if not off the edge of the world, at least into a part of space and time from which it can no longer trigger scary headlines. It seems we needed something to replace LulzSec, and it looks as though we’ve found it. The indestructible rootkit! The rootkit in question is […]

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The New Reality of Stealth Crimeware

21

Jun

2011

Anyone who has been in information security recently knows that it has gotten easier for cybercriminals to build stealth crimeware. The malware we deal with on a regular basis grows ever more difficult to find, while high-end targeted attacks such as Stuxnet and other advanced persistent threats (APTs, the abbreviation I hate) are using ever […]

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