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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: the flow of mbr rootkit trojan resumes comments Discuss  
Back in final weeks of 2007 the GMER team discovered the emergence of a new rootkit that hooked into the Windows master boot record (MBR) in order to take control of a compromised computer. The people responsible for this threat kept busy cranking out newly compiled versions of this Trojan in the weeks following its discovery. However, near the beginning of January the output of new variants mysteriously halted. Taking a quick look at the following table of Trojan.Mebroot sample data it appears as though a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: mebroot proves tough rootkit crack comments Discuss  
A rootkit uncovered in the wild in December is proving to be a real headache to detect, according to Finnish security company F-Secure. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 246 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: microsoft buys rootkit detection startup comments Discuss  
Redmond gets a key piece of technology to beef up its enterprise security offerings and a major entry point into government markets. ...Win a Dell XPS Ultra-Portable Notebook Free Registration to Insight24 Provides Access to Over 5,000 B2B Webcasts and Videos. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 220 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: protibet rootkit trojan poses cartoon comments Discuss  
Virus writing becomes a new sport for the Beijing gamesMalware writers have passed the baton in the race to take advantage of the Olympics with the second attempt to load malware onto PCs in a week.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 219 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: protibet rootkit attacks windows pcs comments Discuss  
A cartoon that ridicules the efforts of a Chinese gymnast at the Olympic games is the latest ploy used by cybercriminals to infect Windows PCs, according to McAfee Avert labs. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 190 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn hacker writes rootkit ciscos routers comments Discuss  
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/14/Hacker-writes-rootkit-for-Ciscos-routers_1.htmlBy Robert McMillanIDG News ServiceMay 14, 2008A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic.Sebastian Muniz, a researcher with Core Security Technologies, developed the software, which he will unveil on May 22 at the EuSecWest conference in London.Rootkits are s read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 177 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cisco router rootkit comments Discuss  
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46352-1.htmlBy Joab JacksonGCN.com05/27/08A security researcher has demonstrated how to install a rootkit on Cisco routers through the router's Internetwork Operating System (IOS).Core Security's Sebastian Muniz demonstrated [1] the rootkit last week at the E.U. Security West Conference in London.Rootkits are nothing new for desktop PCs, but thus far none had been successfully written for network routers. In an alert [3] issued earlier in the month, Cisco acknowledged Mun read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 128 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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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 86 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: attackers targeting linux infrastructures rootkit steal ssh keys comments Discuss  
U.S.-CERT is warning of attacks targeting Linux-based infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. After access is gained to the system, local kernel exploits are used to gain root access. A rootkit is then installed to steal more SSH keys. The attack could be related to a flaw affecting Debian-based encryption keys discovered earlier this year. - Hackers are launching attacks against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys and installing rootkits, according to a warning by the U read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 86 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn attackers targeting linux infrastructures rootkit steal ssh keys comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:28:14 -0500 (CDT)http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attackers-Targeting-Linux-Infrastructures-With-Rootkit-to-Steal-SSH-Keys/By Brian PrinceeWEEK.com2008-08-26 U.S.-CERT is warning of attacks targeting Linux-based infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. After access is gained to the system, local kernel exploits are used to gain root access. A rootkit is then installed to steal more SSH keys. The attack could be related to a flaw affe read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 52 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: stealthy malware expands rootkit repertoire comments Discuss  
Burrowing worm borrows Windows vulnSecurity researchers have discovered one of the most subtle and sophisticated examples of Windows rootkit software known to date.… read more »
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