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Hardware security sneaks into PCs

Hardware security sneaks into PCsIsn't it IronicGates takes them down the DRM path and fails to sell online music or video because of it, even with Walmarts backing the customers don't want it.Meanwhile Apple turns down the DRM and takes the online music market from them and AllofMP3.com drops it...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Rob Lemos, M$FT, Doe, PC, International Data Corp., Trusted Computing, hardware, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-03-16

Where are the snitches?

Rob Lemos writes about the impact of putting a price on the head of virus writers...so far the bounties haven't done much to deter worm and virus writers...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Rob Lemos

Blog posts 2004-11-05

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Researchers demo BIOS attack that survives hard-disk wipe

A pair of Argentinian researchers have found a way to perform a BIOS level malware attack capable of surviving even a hard-disk wipe. The researchers -- Alfredo Ortega and Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies -- used the stage at last week's CanSecWest conference to demonstrate methods...

Tags: Hard Drive, Researcher, Attack, BIOS, Rootkits, Security, Hardware, Components, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect

Security professionals in Germany have started removing exploits and hacking tools from the Internet in response to a new German law that expressly forbids the distribution of any software that can be used in computer/network attacks.Stefan Esser left, the PHP security guru behind the recent Month of PHP Bugs project,...

Tags: Security, Law, Tool, Security Tool, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-13

MPack exploit kit creator speaks

SecurityFocus.com reporter Rob Lemos has a fascinating interview with one of the developers of MPack, the exploit kit used in thousands of drive-by malware attacks.In the interview, presented from multiple IRC conversations and edited/reordered for clarity, Lemos does a nice job of peeking behind the dark curtain of exploit writing...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Black Hat

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Auction site opens up for exploits, vulnerabilities

There's a new player in the exploding market for zero-day vulnerabilities -- an eBay-like auction site offering a place to buy and sell flaw research information.The Swiss-based site, called WabiSabiLabi, launched earlier this week with proof-of-concepts and details on four vulnerabilities being hawked at prices ranging from 500 Euros to...

Tags: Apple, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Google, Hackers, Metasploit, Open source, Oracle, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Microsoft: XBox Live account theft was social engineering attack

Just a quick follow-up to my story from earlier this week about XBox Live accounts being hijacked in what was believed to be a breach at Microsofts Bungie.net.First, the official reaction from the Xbox team: Despite some recent reports and speculation, I want to reassure all of our 6 million...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Live

Blog posts 2007-03-22

Botwar breaks out between virus writing gangs

The latest slithering worms infecting Windows 2000 systems--and hitting systems at CNN, ABC and the New York Times--are the outcome of a duel between rival virus writers, according to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure. "There appear to be three different virus-writing gangs turning out new worms at...

Tags: Mikko Hypponen, virus

Blog posts 2005-08-17

Symantec CEO sees beyond security

Unlike the Oracle/PeopleSoft deal--two companies with overlapping products--Symantec's acquisition of Veritas is about scaling two loosely coupled product domains. Rob Lemos interviews Symantec CEO John Thompson about his company's move to gain scale, venturing beyond its native security space. It will make an interesting case study some day...                                                                                Recent Symantec buysMay 2004:...

Tags: Symantec Corp.

Blog posts 2004-12-16

Internet gets a stay of execution. But for how long?

Although the Internet still might be on death row (from a cyber-terrorist's point of view), security experts are saying that Yevgeny Kaspersky is exaggerating his warning that an electronic Islamic jihad that could bring the Internet down is scheduled for August 26.  According to a report by News.com's Rob Lemos, these sorts of threats are...

Tags: Internet

Blog posts 2004-08-25