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Don’t write it, read it instead!

22

Jun

2011

The bootkit malware Trojan:Win32/Popureb.E has made some changes in its code compared to previous samples (specifically, Trojan:Win32/Popureb.B), and now it introduces a driver component to prevent the malicious MBR and other malicious data stored as disk sectors from being changed. The driver component protects the data in an unusual way – by hooking the DriverStartIo […]

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Patch Tuesday brings a long list of security fixes

15

Jun

2011

The MS11 security bulletin announced for this “Patch Tuesday” is a very long list of patches affecting : Windows XP, 2003 Server, Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 Internet Explorer (various versions) .NET Framework Silverlight Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Microsoft Office (various versions) SQL Server (various versions) Visual Studio 2005, 2008, […]

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Autorun-abusing malware (Where are they now?)

14

Jun

2011

On Feb. 8, Microsoft started releasing updates for the Windows XP and Vista platforms to make the Autorun feature more locked-down on those older platforms by preventing AutoPlay from being enabled automatically (except when it comes to “shiny media” such as CDs and DVDs). We knew we would want to come back sometime later to measure […]

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