Cryptography



Whatever else is said about malware authors, it’s becoming clearer and clearer of late that they are learning from their mistakes and adapting to new defensive tactics at an increasingly rapid rate. The latest example of this is a recently discovered version of the Carberp malware, which now includes a new encryption scheme and improved administrative capabilities.

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.

Sony has filed a lawsuit against a group of hackers who were able to bypass the DRM protections in the company’s PlayStation 3, compromised the root key and later published tools allowing others to follow in their footsteps and play pirated software on the console.

GSM mobile phone networks are becoming the backbone of communications and commerce in the developed and developing worlds, but those networks may be easily susceptible to eavesdropping, according to a presentation at the annual Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Berlin.