Items Tagged with "malware"
Fighting Threats in the Age of Cyberwar
August 14, 2012
ICSA Labs Chief Emerging Threat Researcher Roger Thompson discusses security challenges in the face of ever-evolving cyber threats in the wild. Thompson is a pioneer in combating malware. In 1987, he created Australia’s first anti-virus program after recognizing a trend in malware lifecycles...
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Gauss Malware and Shadow Warfare
August 14, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
The International Telegraph Union is the world’s telecommunication governing body. The United States is actively resisting them as the governing body. With Kaspersky’s Gauss discovery, the United States’ argument grows weaker. The US recognizes the advantage it has by having de facto control over the internet...
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ICS-CERT: Gauss Information Stealing Malware
August 14, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Kaspersky Lab recently released a report on a new information-stealing malware they have named “Gauss" which is designed to collect information and send the data to its command-and-control servers. Gauss was predominantly on systems in the Middle East, but has also been detected on networks in the US...
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Gauss: Evidence of Ongoing Cyberwar and Espionage Campaigns
August 13, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Gauss collects network interface information, BIOS characteristics and computer drive details. Many ignore the aspect of modularity of the agent which may receive supplementary modules developed using the info acquired directly on the targets to conduct attacks against critical infrastructure...
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Malware Wars! Cyber-Wars! Cyber-Espionage-Wars! Oh My...
August 11, 2012 Added by:Scot Terban
We have opened Pandora’s box and there is no way to get what has escaped back in. We have given the weapon framework away due to the nature of the carrier. Even if Gauss is encrypted, it will be broken and then what? Unlike traditional weapons that destroy themselves, the malware we have sent can be reverse engineered...
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State Sponsored Malware Takes Over Mars Rover
August 10, 2012 Added by:J. Oquendo
Many companies will omit many details and shift-slash-skew agendas to meet their concerns. Those concerns will ALWAYS be financial ones. At this point it is obvious that they and only they are capable of detecting the unseen, unheard of, undetectable, uberfilthware capable of infecting curiousity on Mars...
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FBI and IC3 Issue Advisory on Revetion Ransomware
August 10, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Reveton is drive-by malware and unlike many viruses which activate when users open a file or attachment. Reveton can install itself when users simply click on a compromised website. Once infected, the computer immediately locks, and the monitor displays a screen stating there has been a violation of federal law...
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Employee Fired for Spying on Management with RAT
August 08, 2012 Added by:Jeremy Sobeck
An executive discovered that an unauthorized remote access tool (RAT) on his computer. This type of attack requires very little sophistication. The company assumed the worst: confidential files had been stolen, malware had been installed, and the fired employee still had remote access to their systems...
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The Bad Guys Know You’re an Olympics Addict
August 08, 2012 Added by:Kelly Colgan
The emerging theme from these Summer Games: There’s a general lack of awareness among consumers and end users about possible threats when they’re online. Even with corporate security professionals on high alert, it is ultimately end users and consumers who will make the choice that infects the system...
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Remote Forensics Trojans, Surveillance and Investigations
August 07, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Thus the problem of acquisition using RFS tools is that not only is the original source (the computer) not subjected to seizure, it is not in a static environment and can be manipulated. Evidence obtained from an unsecured system can always be subject to a challenge to its authenticity and reliability...
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What it Takes to Create Intelligence for a Stuxnet, Flame or Duqu
August 06, 2012
Stuxnet, Flame, Duqu and Mahdi are but payloads of overall programs designed through the work of intelligence. The news, anti-virus firms, managed security companies and consultancies all focus on the malware and the code. They are missing the big picture...
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BYOD: Challenges of Protecting Data - Part Two
August 01, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Productivity is nice to talk about when you can sit at home and read your corporate email on your tablet, or mobile phone - but what if that device is ridden with malware, or hijacked to be part of a botnet, there are very serious security and productivity implications there. Let's expand on this a bit...
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Rakshasa: Is it Possible to Design the Perfect Hardware Backdoor?
August 01, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
Rakshasa malware infects the host’s BIOS and takes advantage of a vulnerable aspect of traditional architecture, as peripherals like network cards or sound cards can write to the computer’s RAM or to portions of the memory allocated to any of the other peripherals. It is hard to detect, and quite impossible to remove...
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How Does Jailbreaking or Rooting Affect Mobile Device Security?
August 01, 2012 Added by:Robert Siciliano
By hacking your device, you can potentially open security holes that may have not been readily apparent, or undermine the device’s built-in security measures. Jailbroken and rooted phones are much more susceptible to viruses and malware...
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NIST Draft Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling
July 31, 2012
This publication provides recommendations for improving an organization’s malware incident prevention measures. It also gives extensive recommendations for enhancing an organization’s existing incident response capability so that it is better prepared to handle malware incidents, particularly widespread ones...
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Mahdi and AC/DC: The Middle East as a Shooting Range
July 30, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
In Middle East, the number of malware that have been developed for state sponsored projects surely represents an anomaly. All the examples provided are evidence of the intent of governments to hit their enemies in the cyberspace to steal sensitive information or to destroy their critical infrastructure...