New Zeus variant stymies malware analysis, has rootkit capabilities
As expected, variants of the infamous Zeus banking Trojan are becoming more adept at hiding their presence from users and AV solutions, and at preventing malware analysis …
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Hypervisor-based, hardware-assisted system monitoring
In the last few years, many different techniques have been introduced to analyse malicious binary executables. Most of these techniques take advantage of Virtual Machine …
Rootkit detector for OS X
ESET Rootkit Detector is a new security tool for OS X that scans for malicious kernel extensions attempting to change operating system behavior by hooking inside the OS. When …
Researchers discover ties between TDSS and ZeroAccess rootkit families
A lot has been said and written about the long-lasting TDSS (or TDL) and the considerably newer ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) rootkits, and the similarities between the two have …
Rootkit freezes computers’ hard disk to respawn itself
Researchers from Vietnamese security firm Bkav have recently spotted and analyzed a new piece of malware that uses an unexpected self-protection mechanism: it …
LynuxWorks releases a rootkit detection system
LynuxWorks announced the RDS5201, a new product to help detect the rootkit. Built on the LynxSecure 5.2 separation kernel and hypervisor, this small-form-factor appliance has …
ZeroAcces rootkit dominates, adds new persistence techniques
According to a recent report by Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary Kindsight, as much as 10 percent of home networks and over 0.5 percent of mobile devices are infected with malware, …
Form-grabbing rootkit sold on underground forums
There seemingly no end to the automated tools that aspiring cyber crooks can buy on underground forums. The latest of these discovered by Webroot’s Dancho Danchev is …
Malware you can “live with”, but shouldn’t
The main symptom of a computer being infected with the ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) malware is that online searches via Google Search often lead to unhelpful pages filled with ads …
First anti-malware product for UEFI
Kaspersky Lab released Kaspersky Anti-Virus for UEFI (KUEFI) – an anti-malware solution which can protect the user’s PC before the operating system even starts …
F-Secure rebuilds free Online Scanner
F-Secure’s free Online Scanner tool has been completely rebuilt to be faster, lighter and more powerful than before, and now even cleans up advanced rootkits, the most …
New ZeuS-based modular rootkit offered to cybercriminals
Given the popularity of the Zeus crimeware, and the fact that its source code has been ultimately offered for sale at bargain basement prices, it’s no wonder that every …