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Debate: The evasiveness of Flame may have been what prevented
The evasiveness of Flame may have been what prevented traditional AV technology from catching it sooner.
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Spy virus Flame got help from doctored Microsoft certificates
Illegitimately signed Microsoft certificates were used to help spread the nefarious Flame malware, another sign detailing just how sophisticated the espionage toolkit is.
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Flame virus: Too hot to handle?
While the characteristics of the spy virus are important to note, the question is why it went undetected for so long.
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The Flame virus is the “Threat of the Month”
Flame, aka Skywiper, is a sophisticated tool used to locate and steal data accessible from the infected computer. The malware uses multiple exploits to propagate and is highly configurable.
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Gauss trojan targets Lebanese banks, likely U.S. creation
Gauss, which researchers have linked to Flame and Stuxnet, both believed to be built by the U.S. government, functions mainly as a banking trojan -- but it also contains a mystery encrypted payload.
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News briefs: Flame, Stuxnet, breach at LinkedIn and other security news
Flame, Stuxnet, breach at LinkedIn and other security news
Director's Cut Videos
Video: The growing sophistication of threats
McAfee co-president, Michael DeCesare, stopped by the SC Magazine offices to discuss the advancements in the threat landscape.
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After DNS customer backlash, Microsoft returns seized domains to No-IP
Microsoft has handed domain control back to No-IP after millions of customers were reportedly impacted by its legal action.
Podcasts
Podcast: Never mind Flame, IXESHE is sophisticated
Tom Kellermann, vice president of cyber security at Trend Micro, joined me on the SC Magazine podcast to discuss an APT campaign known as IXESHE, which is going after sensitive targets from Asia to Germany. But its command-and-control infrastructure really is what makes it special.
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Mahdi developers pushing updates to the spy trojan
Discovered earlier this year, Mahdi isn't particularly sophisticated malware, but is effective due to redevelopment efforts by attackers. And now it's targeting people with connections to the United States.