What is scareware?

Scareware is a type of rogue program which has been around for many years, arguably dating back to 1990. It can be installed without permission, or via deception and false promises. Scareware is primarily used to panic or worry someone into performing a task they otherwise wouldn’t have done. The...

Avira Free Antivirus DLL Hijacking

Hi @ll, Avira's free antivirus full package executable installers, aviraantivirusen-us.exe, aviraantivirusde-de.exe etc., available from , etc., have multiple vulnerabilities: 1. the full package executable installers really: self- extracting RAR archives extract their payload the real installer...

Beginner's error: import function of Windows Mail executes rogue program C:\Program.exe with credentials of other account

Hi @ll, the import function of Windows Mail executes a rogue program C:Program.exe with the credentials of another account, resulting in a privilege escalation! 1. Fetch http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/download/SENTINEL.EXE and save it as C:Program.exe 2. Start Windows Mail part of Windows Vista an...

Windows Mail Rogue Program.exe Execution

Hi @ll, the import function of Windows Mail executes a rogue program C:\Program.exe with the credentials of another account, resulting in a privilege escalation! 1. Fetch and save it as C:\Program.exe 2. Start Windows Mail part of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 3. On the File menu, click...

Buggy insecure "security" software executes rogue binary during installation and uninstallation

Hi @ll, the $&§ware by the name of "McAfee Security Scanner Plus" that Adobe dares to push to unsuspecting users of Microsoft Windows trying to get flash player from their main distribution page hxxp://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ was developed, packaged and tested by people who obviously never hea...

Vulnerability in "Fujitsu Desktop Update" (for Windows)

Hi @ll, Fujitsu's update utility "Fujitsu Desktop Update" see http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/DeskUpdate/Index.asp, which is factory-preinstalled on every Fujitsu Siemens PC with Windows, has a vulnerability which allows the execution of a rogue program in the security context of the current user...

Buckshot Yankee

Then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III called it “the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever” and “a network administrator’s worst fear” when, in 2008, a silently operating, rogue program infiltrated classified U.S. military networks. The infection began at a...