Security researchers warn of a newly identified Mac backdoor that was found in a malicious archive uploaded anonymously to Virus Total last month.The Virus Total archive is called "PortalCurrent events-2009 July 5.rar" suggesting that it's a local copy of the Wikipedia July 5, 2009, current events page.The archi... |
26 July 2011
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Protecting PDF files is a lot more complicated than performing a regular encryption. Digital signatures, time stamping and password protection are the compulsory security measures that should be performed for full PDF ownership. iSafePDF is a lightweight, easy to use and portable application that covers all those re... |
25 April 2011
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Security researchers warn that a newly identified ZeuS sample is signed with a fake digital certificate allegedly issued to German antivirus vendor Avira.Code signing has been possible since the days of Windows NT, however, adoption of the technology was slow until Windows Vista and Windows 7, where UAC (User Access ... |
21 February 2011
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Malware researchers from AVAST Software have come across an older digitally signed Norton Antivirus component, which despite having been infected by a known virus is not detected by most anti-malware programs.The AVAST analysts suspected a false positive when a file carrying a valid Symantec digital signature trigger... |
13 August 2010
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Security researchers warn that multiple recent Zbot variants are using a forged digital signature in an attempt to bypass antivurs detection. Ironically the digital signature was copied from a ZeuS removal tool developed by Kaspersky Lab.Code signing has been around since Windows NT, but the practice has seen a wider... |
5 August 2010
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With Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a new kernel security component for the 64-bit editions of the operating system. Windows mandatory Kernel Mode and Driver Signing implies that all modules or drivers designed to run at kernel level have to feature digital signatures. Microsoft's initiative is designed... |
30 April 2007
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