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Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News A gang that specialises in the theft of banking information through Trojans is attempting to protect its work by spreading a rootkit that veils malware. Until late in December 2007, the Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit had been a proof of concept... [10 Jan 2008]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News F-Secure security expert Patrik Runald recently postulated that the perfect attack would be a zero-day attack using a rootkit-cloaked Trojan sent to an HR manager who, due to company policy, would be compelled to open the document. [26 Sep 2007]
Phishers jump on the iPhone bandwagon
News Henry said: "This threat is particularly insidious in that scripts within the HTML code returned to the user contain exploit code for multiple vulnerabilities to improve the malicious hacker's chances of gaining the necessary access to install the... [03 Jul 2007]
Hide'n Seek Revisited - Full Stealth Is Back
White Paper The alarming news is that malware writers are adopting rootkit techniques, which allows them to create a new breed of worms, Trojans and spyware that are able to avoid detection by hiding their presence on the system. [15 Jun 2007]
Rootkits: The Growing Threat
White Paper In this paper, we distinguish between stealth techniques that are simply strategies for concealing files, processes, and activities, and the term rootkit, which has come to be associated with malware that conceals its activities. [28 Mar 2007]
Virus alert as Storm Worm rages on
News Once a user downloads the executable file, the code opens a backdoor in the machine which means it can be remotely controlled, while installing a rootkit that hides the malicious program. None of the anti-malware companies interviewed said they... [23 Jan 2007]
Stories From the DRM World: The Settec Case
White Paper This code can readily be used by malware authors with little or no knowledge of rootkit techniques. Alpha-DVD DRM protection contains rootkit-like code that may allow other third party programs to hide their processes and prevents security software... [16 Dec 2006]
Vista: 'Expect hackers to find holes'
News In the summer, rootkit researcher Joanna Rutkowska demonstrated a signed driver requirement bypass at Defcon 2006. Antivirus experts from Kaspersky Labs have predicted 90 per cent of current malware will run on Microsoft's latest operating system... [12 Dec 2006]
Rootkit Evasiveness: Malware's Best Friend, Windows' Worst Foe
White Paper Over a couple of years there's been much talk about the type of programs that can hide their presence on the host Operating System (OS) and using stealth technologies allowing malicious activity to remain undetected on a computer running it. [27 Oct 2006]
Hacker Techniques: Windows Malware and Blind SQL Injection
White Paper With a little creativity and some free, open source software the webcast shows how to analyze that malware and understand many of the changes that a successful virus, worm, trojan horse or rootkit can have on a Windows system. [09 Jun 2006]
Barclays signs up F-Secure for free AV package
News The basic package will include antivirus, anti-spyware, and anti-rootkit protection. Barclays says it chose F-Secure primarily due to its response times in pushing out signatures for new malware, and because of "high levels of customer service and... [30 May 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Earlier this week, Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure detected a potentially malicious rootkit application, which was being dropped onto users machines from poker community site CheckRaised.com when they downloaded a 'raketracker' tool - which... [17 May 2006]
