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Polymorphic AutoRun Worm Evolves and Obfuscates

16

Feb

2013

Recently we have seen a spike in a Visual Basic 6-compiled AutoRun worm family. The family is both client- and server-side polymorphic. (For more on this family, refer to our VIL and Advisory entries.)The W32/Autorun.worm.aaeh family usually gets on a victim’s machine through email spam, Blacole drive-by downloads, or downloads by BackDoor-FJW. From a behavioral perspective, […]

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Hackers could throw open prison doors, research shows

09

Nov

2011

Research presented at the Hacker Halted conference in Miami late last month showed how hackers could take control of industrial control systems (ICS) used in prisons. The research team, made up of ex-CIA man John Strauchs, who boasts 40+ years in the security and intelligence business, his daughter, a computer researcher/attorney/professor named Tiffany Rad, and […]

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No chocolates for my passwords please!

20

May

2011

We have published guidance material previously on passwords and passphrases, some are blogs and some are lengthier depending on your liking (link & link). Even still it is always good practice to reinforce sensible password techniques. For this blog, I plan on sharing an analogous self-ritual, and one that relies on a third party application […]

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