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Stories about: LNK exploit

Sophos Releases LNK Exploit Protection Tool Sophos has released a tool which can protect users against exploits that target a currently unpatched Windows vulnerability in the way shortcut icons are processed. The critical bug discovered earlier this month has already been adopted by a variety of malware families and that's only expected to increase.The ne... 27 July 2010 11:18 GMT LNK Vulnerability Exploited by More Families of Malware Antivirus companies are warning that virus writers are slowly adopting the exploit targeting the currently unpatched Windows LNK vulnerability in their creations. New families of malware to leverage this flaw in order to propagate and infect systems are Chmine, Vobfus, Sality and ZeuS.The new Windows shortcut process... 27 July 2010 09:57 GMT Signed Malware Used Valid Realtek Certificate Security researchers have confirmed that the newly discovered malware, which spreads by exploiting an unpatched Windows vulnerability, was signed using a valid Realtek Semiconductor signature. The targeted SCADA system appears to be using a hard-coded username and password for accesing the database.Yesterday, most se... 16 July 2010 11:05 GMT