Video: College Professor, Students Crack Zeus Trojan Mystery

A segment from last night’s Rock Center, Brian Williams’ TV news magazine, gives the inside scoop on how a college professor and his students helped law enforcement crack one of the largest and most profitable banking Trojan operations around. Reporter Richard Engel sat down with Gary Warner, a...

Zeus Now Using Autorun As Infection Numbers Rise

After tapering off, the Zeus Trojan has been staging a comeback over the last few months, possibly using a new infection routine that leverages Windows’ autorun feature even after a company update to limit infections that use it, according to research by Microsoft. Microsoft’s Malicious Software...

Early Stuxnet Variants Used 'Cunning' Hack of AutoRun to Spread

Early versions of the Stuxnet worm used a novel and cunning method to manipulate Windows Autorun feature in order to spread, according to information published by a Symantec Researcher who helped analyze the worm after it was first identified. Writing on the Symantec Connect blog, Symantec...

Microsoft battles malware with Windows AutoRun changes

In direct response to Conficker and an increased wave of malware attacks targeting the Windows AutoRun feature, Microsoft today announced significant changes to the way the operating system operates when USB drives are used. The changes, detailed on Redmond’s Security Research & Defense blog, hav...

Microsoft Windows 9598NT 4.0 - autorun.inf Code Execution

Microsoft Windows 9598NT 4.0 - autorun.inf Code Execution source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/993/info The Windows Autorun feature was designed to allow an executable and an icon to be specified for any piece of removable media. Upon insertion, the icon would be displayed for the drive, and...

Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 - 'autorun.inf' Code Execution

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/993/info The Windows Autorun feature was designed to allow an executable and an icon to be specified for any piece of removable media. Upon insertion, the icon would be displayed for the drive, and the executable would automatically run. This feature also...