Tag: rootkit
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Throwback Thursday: Inside Sony’s rootkit
This Throwback Thursday, we turn the clock back ten years, when the discovery of a rootkit ignited a firestorm of criticism for Sony. Rootkits are common among modern malware, and it seems hard to believe that ten years ago they were a little known phenomenon — that was until the discovery of the Sony rootkit…
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VB2014 paper: Unveiling the kernel: rootkit discovery using selective automated kernel memory differencing
Ahmed Zaki and Benjamin Humphrey describe a system they built for the automated detection of rootkit behaviour. Since the close of the VB2014 conference in Seattle in October, we have been sharing VB2014 conference papers as well as video recordings of the presentations. Today, we have added ‘ Unveiling the kernel: rootkit discovery using selective…
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Banking malware hosted on Amazon’s cloud servers
Trojan targets mostly Brazilian banks. Researchers have discovered malware hosted on Amazon Web Services that steals victims’ bank account data. Acting as a rootkit, the malware attempts to deactivate at least four different anti-virus programs as well as a special security application used by many Brazilian banks to protect their customers’ online banking accounts. The…
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China-Tibet row spills over into malware attacks
Both sides of debate targeted to spread malicious code. With the political row over China’s involvement in Tibet continuing to make the headlines, cybercriminals have been as quick as ever to exploit the public interest in the topic, using the story as a hook for several malware attacks. The first was as wave of SQL-based…
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Sony in more rootkit rows
Accusations of sneakiness and unsafe practices hit media giants again. Sony has been tangled up in two separate rootkit scares in the past few days, with a brief outcry over hidden software installed by a PC game swiftly followed by more serious allegations about techniques used by a supposedly secure USB key system. The game…
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Sony sues maker of MediaMax DRM system
CD protection developer accused of damaging Sony name. Sony BMG , the division of the Sony group embroiled in a long-running scandal after releasing a number of CDs using suspect techniques to implement anti-piracy protection, has brought a damages case against the firm it hired to develop some of the software involved. The CD protection…