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The Conficker worm, three years and counting

25

Nov

2011

This week marks the third anniversary of the first in the wild samples of Conficker appearing on the internet. If you recall, Conficker is the most recent widespread network worm that began to spread to millions of unpatched PCs in 2008. The first samples detected at the virus testing service Virus Total were spotted in […]

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Microsoft release four security updates on Patch Tuesday

11

Nov

2011

What is Patch Tuesday? Microsoft provides core platform patches and updates monthly, usually on the second Tuesday of each month. This has become known as Patch Tuesday. What has been fixed this time round? The patch includes a fix for a critical hole allowing remote code execution in Windows. Importantly, this patch is only available […]

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Duqu Attack’s Installer Discovered

02

Nov

2011

Hungarian security firm CrySyS Lab has located the installer for Duqu, which is now well known for its connection to the infamous Stuxnet. The installer arrived via e-mail as a document which then launches an exploit against a zero-day Windows kernel vulnerability. Very heavy stuff… Symantec was given the installer for analysis, and they’ve updated […]

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