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The Lowest Hanging Fruit: Java

25

Feb

2013

By all measures, Java is the current title holder for the lowest hanging fruit in computer security. (And by Java, we mean JRE and its various browser plugins.) It wasn’t always so. How did it happen? Let’s review some highlights in the history of low hanging fruit. From 2004 to 2008: Attacks shifted from Windows […]

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Changing how people see the malware threat: images can make a difference

07

Mar

2012

This is a just a short post to make available the security awareness slides that I was using at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. Several people asked me for copies to use in their own awareness efforts and I am more than happy to oblige. I believe these slides can be effective […]

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Symbian malware uses a 91-byte XOR key

08

Nov

2011

It’s high time the Crypto Girl talks about Crypto, isn’t it? A few days ago, I analyzed a malicious Opera Updater, named SymbOS/OpFake.A!tr.dial, and was surprised to discover it uses a 91-byte XOR key to conceal one of its configuration file. 91 bytes?! Yes, bytes, so 728 bits. This is quite a lot. AES only […]

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