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 Duqu

Microsoft hands out more Duqu fixes despite prior patch

May 08, 2012

Just when you thought all of the windows that control system recon trojan Duqu used to propagate had been roped off, the software giant releases a new set of fixes.
 

Duqu variant uncovered

March 23, 2012

The year's first variant of the notorius W32.Duqu, a trojan that seems intended for cyber war, has been discovered by Symantec researchers.
 

The not-so-advanced persistent threat

Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer, SANS Institute January 24, 2012

Hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec have made a name for themselves by scanning large organizations until they find the one weak system ready to be exploited. You can prevent an attack.
 

Thirteen patches from Microsoft, including Duqu fix

December 13, 2011

Tuesday's baker's dozen of security patches from Microsoft includes a fix for a vulnerability that helped spread the dangerous information-stealing Duqu trojan, which targets industrial control systems.
 

Three "critical" patches to be in Microsoft security update

December 08, 2011

Microsoft on Tuesday is scheduled to release 14 patches to fix 20 vulnerabilities across its product line.
 

Duqu perpetrators wipe command servers of evidence

December 01, 2011

On Oct 20, just two days after researchers released details about the Duqu malware, its creators scrubbed all the files from their command-and-control servers in an effort to conceal their identity.
 

Duqu detection kit released

November 11, 2011

The Hungary-based research lab responsible for detecting the Duqu trojan has released a toolkit to find traces of the trojan on a computer or in a whole network.
 

Part Two: Duqu: father, son, or unholy ghost of Stuxnet?

Jeremy Sparks, Robert M. Lee, and Paul Brandau, cyberspace officers November 09, 2011

Three U.S. Air Force information security experts, independent of their role in the military, studied the Duqu trojan, and you might be surprised by what they found. This is the second article in a two-part series that examines the sophisticated threat that everyone is talking about.
 

Microsoft releases four security patches, one critical

November 08, 2011

Microsoft on Tuesday patched one "critical" vulnerability, plus three other less-severe flaws. Not patched, as expected, is a bug related to the Duqu trojan.
 

The security industry that cried wolf

Lysa Myers, director of research, West Coast Labs November 04, 2011

The security industry, and the media that covers it, would be better served focusing on the tried-and-true motives for cybercrime, not conspiracy theories.
 

Microsoft issues workaround for Duqu malware

November 04, 2011

Microsoft issued a temporary fix for a vulnerability in the Windows kernel used to spread Duqu, the so-called "son of Stuxnet" trojan.
 

Trojans, Anonymous, Android threats dominate landscape

November 04, 2011

Three out of every four new malware strains created during the third quarter was a trojan, says a new report from PandaLabs.
 

Microsoft security update addresses four flaws, not Duqu

November 03, 2011

Microsoft is prepping four security bulletins for its November update, though it is not expected to provide a fix for the zero-day flaw used to spread Duqu.
 

Duqu: father, son, or unholy ghost of Stuxnet?

Jeremy Sparks, Robert M. Lee, and Paul Brandau, cyberspace officers November 02, 2011

Three U.S. Air Force information security experts, independent of their role in the military, studied the Duqu trojan, and you might be surprised by what they found. This is the first article in a two-part series that examines the sophisticated threat that everyone is talking about.
 

Duqu trojan spreads through 0-day Microsoft bug

November 01, 2011

A piece of malware that has drawn comparisons to the notorious Stuxnet worm is using an unknown Windows kernel vulnerability to infect its targets.
 
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