Microsoft Pushes Out Two New Security Tools

In parallel with its release of 17 bulletins on Patch Tuesday this month, Microsoft also unveiled two new tools that are meant to help make a couple of common exploitation scenarios more difficult for attackers. The company released a tool called Office File Validation for some older versions of...

New Chinese MBR Rootkit Identified

A new rootkit that uses the master boot record MBR to hide itself has been discovered in China and is being used to install an online game password stealer. The bootkit is installed on the computer by a trojan downloader distributed from a Chinese adult site and is detected by Kaspersky as...

Reversing Stuxnet's Rootkit Into C++ , Download !

This is the first time Mr. Amr Thabet from Egypt , student at Alexandria University Faculty of Engineering Mechanical Department , reverse a rootkit. He choose Stuxnet Rootkit as it's a famous virus and begin reversing.. Finally now he convert it into C++ code with a commented IDA Pro v.5.1...

LKM rootkit в современных Linux

В этой статье мы научимся собирать LKM-rootkit под современные ядра Linux, не смотря на то, что многие пишут, что это неактуально. Попробую опровергнуть это. В данной статье использованны вещи, доступные в паблике и некоторые мои наработки. Руткиты подразделяют на ядерные уровня ядра и неядерные...

Panda Global Protection 2010 local Dos (unfiltered wcscpy())

Exploit for windows platform in category dos / poc include include include include define SystemModuleInfo 11 / Program : Panda Global Protection 2010 3.01.00 Homepage : http://www.pandasecurity.com Discovery : 2010/04/09 Author Contacted : 2010/07/15 Status of vuln : Patched ! Found by : Heurs...

Mobile Attacks Reign at Black Hat DC

ARLINGTON, VA–A number of researchers showed off interesting new attack techniques at the Black Hat DC conference this week, including one that enables an attacker to execute malicious code on handsets over the air. Perhaps the most interesting technique discussed at the show was a novel attack...

Rootkit Being Used in Attacks on Exim Bug

Attackers have begun using the bug in the Exim mailer that was disclosed earlier this week to install a rootkit on machines running vulnerable versions of the software. The vulnerability in Exim, which is a mail transfer agent used on Unix-based machines, came to light on Monday and can result in...

TDL4 Rootkit Now Using Stuxnet Bug

The TDL4 rootkit, which reared its head last month as the latest evolution of the venerable TDSS malware family, is now using one of the Windows bugs that was first seen in use by Stuxnet. The latest modification to TDL4 enables the rootkit to use the unpatched Windows Task Scheduler vulnerabilit...

ProFTPD 1.3.3c compromised source remote root Trojan

Exploit for php platform in category remote exploits ==================================================== ProFTPD 1.3.3c compromised source remote root Trojan ==================================================== == ProFTPD Compromise Report == On Sunday, the 28th of November 2010 around 20:00 UTC...

ProFTPD 1.3.3c Trojan Source Code

== ProFTPD Compromise Report == On Sunday, the 28th of November 2010 around 20:00 UTC the main distribution server of the ProFTPD project was compromised. The attackers most likely used an unpatched security issue in the FTP daemon to gain access to the server and used their privileges to replace...

ProFTPd 1.3.3c - Compromised Source Backdoor Remote Code Execution

== ProFTPD Compromise Report == On Sunday, the 28th of November 2010 around 20:00 UTC the main distribution server of the ProFTPD project was compromised. The attackers most likely used an unpatched security issue in the FTP daemon to gain access to the server and used their privileges to replace...

ProFTPd 1.3.3c - Compromised Source Backdoor Remote Code Execution

ProFTPd 1.3.3c - Compromised Source Backdoor Remote Code Execution == ProFTPD Compromise Report == On Sunday, the 28th of November 2010 around 20:00 UTC the main distribution server of the ProFTPD project was compromised. The attackers most likely used an unpatched security issue in the FTP daemo...

SpyDLLRemover v4.0 - New Version Realeased

"SpyDllRemover is the specialized tool for detecting spyware & hidden Rootkit Dlls in the System. It can also detect & remove user-land Rootkit processes as well as other spyware processes using multiple user-land Rootkit detection algorithms coupled with in-house Process heuristics. This makes i...

Week in Security: Scarily Tenacious Rootkits, Stuxnet's Secrets and Cisco Flaws

The news this week revolved around complex and troublesome threats, notably two rootkits, TDL4 and ZeroAccess. Stuxnet reared its head once again as did a new problem with Cisco’s popular videoconferencing software. Read on for the full week in review. In our most popular story of the week, we...

Dissecting the ZeroAccess Rootkit

The ZeroAccess rootkit isn’t the most well-known or closely watched piece of malware in recent history, but, as an extremely detailed new analysis of the program shows, it is a perfect example of the kind of sophisticated malware that attack crews are using to maintain persistent, silent access t...

TDL4 Rootkit Bypasses Windows Code-Signing Protection

In recent versions of Windows, specifically Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced a number of new security features designed to prevent malicious code from running. But attackers are continually finding new ways around those protections, and the latest example is a rootkit that can bypass...

Image of the Day: Dissecting The ZeroAccess Crimeware

We know a lot about the effects of malicious programs like rootkits and Trojan downloaders. The job of finding out exactly how the programs work, however, is painstaking. That’s because most malware authors worth their salt take steps to make their creations hard to understand. Code obfuscation a...

New Android Bug Allows for Silent Malicious App Installation

There’s a weakness in the Android operating system that could enable an attacker to install a malicious third-party application on Android devices without the user’s knowledge. A researcher has developed a proof-of-concept app that’s in the Android Market now. Jon Oberheide, a security researcher...

iPhone Jailbreak Tool Sets Stage for Mobile Malware

SAN DIEGO–The success of a group of hackers in compromising the security of Apple’s iPhone may set the stage for more malware for the popular handset, including rootkit-style remote monitoring tools and data stealing malware. In a presentation at the ToorCon Hacking Conference here on Saturday,...

Manufacturers, Carriers Look to Defend Devices Against Attackers and Users

As mobile phones have gradually morphed into complete computing devices in the last few years with the advent of the iPhone and Android-based phones, mobile phone manufacturers and wireless carriers have been working to create new protection mechanisms to stop attacks against the increasingly...