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Trend Micro Detects Reported Malicious Utilities with Adobe Certificates

03

Oct

2012

Code sign certificates assure users that any software is not maliciously altered. But what happens if a malicious program uses a legitimately issued certificate?Last week, Adobe released an advisory warning users of malicious utilities carrying legitimate Adobe certificates. According to the advisory, they are currently looking into certain utilities carrying legitimate Adobe-issued certificates. To immediately […]

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Protecting yourself from CVE-2012-4681 Java exploits

30

Aug

2012

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, we are seeing more malware abusing Java issues, including CVE-2012-4681. Currently this vulnerability is an 0-day, and to date there is no patch available from the vendor. It is known that JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 7 is vulnerable to attack on this sandbox-breach vulnerability, while JRE 6 is not. […]

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Avira Free Mac Security

05

Mar

2012

Avira launches a new product for Apple MacOS systems at the end of March 2012. It is called Avira Free Mac Security and it is a free-of-charge product for both consumers and businesses. The first version will be available in German and English. Features, design and user guidance are based on extensive user surveys, design […]

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