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Trust but verify: when CAs fall short

Feb

2013

We?ve recently experienced yet another case of a root certificate authority (CA from now on) losing control of its own certificates. And yet again, we have been waiting for either the CA or the browser to do something about it. This whole mess stems, once again, from both a governance and a technical problem. First, […]

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Internet Explorer Zero-Day Used in Watering Hole Attack: Q&A

Jan

2013

In a recent blog, Symantec reported on a new Internet Explorer zero-day being actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft has since released Security Advisory 2794220 which confirms the Microsoft Internet Explorer ‘CDwnBindInfo’ Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-4792) is a zero-day vulnerability which affects Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 6.The following […]

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Ransomware: The Couch-Potato Vs The Backpacker

Nov

2012

Comparing variants of the same malware family can sometimes uncover interesting results. Trojan.Ransomlock, the highly profitable and prevalent malware, is one of those cases. This threat was originally spotted in Russia in 2009 but since then has been highly active in the wider world, particularly in the past few months.An in-depth analysis of this month’s […]

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