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Remote rootkit detection

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Jun

2011

“A rootkit is a set of programs and code that allows a permanent or consistent, undetectable presence on a computer.” (Greg Hoglund, James Butler in ‘Rootkits: subverting the Windows kernel’.) Rootkits are some of today’s most difficult threats to detect and remove. A rootkit can hide itself and other components from the Windows file system […]

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Mobile Devices Favor Malware and Phishing

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Jun

2011

A while back a malicious program called DroidDream was found on the Google Marketplace. The thing about DroidDream is that it exploited a vulnerability that gave it root access. Now contrast how Google treats security software. Security applications are not allowed to have root access. The truth is that the most popular mobile platforms (and […]

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An unlikely couple: 64-bit rootkit and rogue AV for MacOS

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May

2011

The Virus Lab recently came across a very interesting sample – a downloader containing two drivers and which downloads fake antivirus programs developed for both PC and Mac platforms. The malicious program is downloaded and installed using the BlackHole Exploit Kit. The latter contains exploits targeting vulnerabilities in JRE (CVE-2010-0886, CVE-2010-4452, CVE-2010-3552) and PDF. Both […]

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