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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 240 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: the hunt file format vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
We have been seeing several vulnerabilities of non executable file formats used in the wild recently. For example, we can mention the Trojan.Mdropper.AA family that exploits a bug in a Microsoft Excel file format, or the case of the MSJET vulnerability (still unpatched) that affects MS Access files. The hunt for new vulnerabilities in popular file formats is still a good research area in the security world, especially when we talk about malicious code writers. A proof of concept of a new bug that affects read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 207 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: zeroday treasure hunt researcher hides attack web comments Discuss  
Security researcher Aviv Raff has published code that would allow someone to take control of a computer running Internet Explorer, but there's a catch. He's not saying exactly where he's hidden the attack. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 138 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn hunt elusive rootkit rustockc revealed comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:11:25 -0500 (CDT)http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071508-rustock-rootkit.htmlBy Ellen MessmerNetwork World 07/15/2008 Rootkits are software code designed to hide from detection. So Kaspersky Lab's hunt for the elusive Rustock.C rootkit, rumored to exist for almost two years, reads like a detective plot.Alexander Gostev, Kaspersky Lab's senior virus analyst, tells the tale in his blog Tuesday on Viruslist. According to Gostev, the Ru read more »
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