eWeek Security Watch
Advertisement
Advertisement

Rootkits Archive

March 20, 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:11 PM/CST

Microsoft's Komoku Buy Could Hit Patent Hiccup

I'm hearing some murmurs that Microsoft's acquisition of anti-rootkit startup Komoku could hit a patent hurdle. My sources point to Patent #7,181,560, which was granted to Joe Grand (aka Kingpin from L0pht) and Brian Carrier of digital-evidence.org and covers...

January 24, 2008

Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:58 AM/CST

Skype Security Problems Multiply

The Skype security problem I wrote about here and here is much more serious than originally reported, according to the hacker who found and reported the vulnerability. Aviv Raff showed me proof-of-concept code that fired a code execution exploit...

January 9, 2008

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:13 PM/CST

Stealthy MBR Rootkit Takes Aim at Windows Vista

Anti-virus vendors have raised an alarm for a stealthy new MBR (Master Boot Record) rootkit that takes aim squarely at Windows XP and Windows Vista machines. The rootkit, identified by Symantec as Trojan.Mebroot, was spotted in the wild as...

January 2, 2008

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:03 PM/CST

Russian Firm Demos RealPlayer Zero-Day Exploit

If you use RealNetworks' RealPlayer software, you might want to pay close attention to this demo from the folks at Gleg Ltd., a Russian vulnerability research and exploit creation outfit. According to Gleg founder Evgeny Legerov, there is a zero-day...

October 8, 2007

Monday, October 08, 2007 2:39 PM/CST

Are Campuses Flooded with Zombified Student PCs?

SoftScan, an anti-virus, anti-spam company, told the New York Times recently that zombified machines belonging to college students are behind a rise in spam that was observed last month. The Times quotes Diego d'Ambra, CTO at SoftScan, as saying that...

September 7, 2007

Friday, September 07, 2007 5:07 PM/CST

More .Gov Sites Boobytrapped

I had just finished writing up this story of a European country with a defense agency site that's got its database dangling out for all the world to play with, when Exploit Prevention Labs Chief Technology Officer Roger Thompson pointed...

August 1, 2007

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:29 PM/CST

Three New Classes of Vulnerabilities with No Cure Whatsoever

LAS VEGAS—I just sat down with Danny Allan, director of security researcher at Web application security company Watchfire, and he summed it up: For the first time in years, people are walking out of Black Hat presentations shaking their heads,...

July 13, 2007

Friday, July 13, 2007 3:47 PM/CST

Excel Bugs Affect Office 2004 for Mac

Microsoft has updated its critical security advisory on Excel, put out on its July 10 Patch Tuesday, to include Office 2004 for Mac. Microsoft's MS07-036 advisory covers three critical Excel bugs, all remotely exploitable. This isn't a patch to ignore,...

June 22, 2007

Friday, June 22, 2007 4:28 PM/CST

IBM ISS: No SDK Means No(?) iPhone Security Bugs

The allergy to the iPhone security analysts have acquired? IBM Internet Security Systems isn't buying it. As a matter of fact, Neel Mehta, team leader of the advanced research group at ISS, says the iPhone is going to suffer less...

June 8, 2007

Friday, June 08, 2007 12:58 PM/CST

Firefox 3.0 to Include 'Get Me Outta Here' Malware Protection

In the upcoming Firefox 3.0 browser, the Mozilla Foundation is going beyond Firefox 2.0's protection of users' personal information to actually blocking Web sites that it thinks are planning to plant malware. Alex Faaborg blogged on Mozilla's site on June...



RSS Syndication
Advertisement
Advertisement
Security Watch     Contact Us | Advertise | Site Map
Ziff Davis Enterprise

Ziff Davis Enterprise Home | Contact Us | Advertise | Link to Us | Reprints | Magazine Subscriptions | Newsletters
RSS Feeds | White Papers | ROI Calculators | Tech Podcasts | Tech Video |

Baseline | Careers | Channel Insider | CIO Insight | DesktopLinux | DeviceForge | DevSource | eSeminars |
eWEEK | LinuxDevices | Linux Watch | Microsoft Watch | Mid-market | Networking | PDF Zone |
Publish | eWeek Security | Strategic Partner | Web Buyer's Guide | Windows for Devices

Developer Shed | Dev Shed | ASP Free | Dev Articles | Dev Hardware | SEO Chat | Tutorialized | Scripts |
Code Walkers | Web Hosters | Dev Mechanic | Dev Archives | IT Marketplace | igrep

Use of this site is governed by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Copyright ©1996-2007 Ziff Davis Enterprise, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Security Watch is a trademark of Ziff Davis Enterprise, Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. is prohibited.

Ziff Davis Enterprise