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Fake AV network steps up its game with rootkit

20

Aug

2011

This looks like it could be a new series of blog posts. The infamous redspacetube.com (80.91.176.192) shows yet another payload using a more sophisticated technique. I’ve been monitoring the situation closely and observed a change in today’s malware behaviour. The previous payload was the XP Home Security 2012 rogue which created a randomly named file […]

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Sophos Antivirus Flaws Revealed at Hacker Conference

07

Aug

2011

LAS VEGAS — A researcher presenting at Black Hat picked apart Sophos Antivirus software and found it lacking in several areas that leave it vulnerable to attack or circumvention — something he says might apply to other antivirus vendors’ products as well, but he just hasn’t looked. Tavis Ormandy, who works as a researcher for […]

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Come along, little doggy, come along

27

Jul

2011

The most common malware technique for avoiding detection is to create loads of “fresh” variants. Actually, the component that changes so frequently is the packer – the outer layer of the malware, used by malware authors to encrypt the malware and make it harder to detect – whilst the functionality of the malicious code inside […]

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