A newly discovered installer for the Duqu malware includes an exploit for a previously unknown vulnerability in the Windows kernel that allows remote code execution. Microsoft is working on a fix for the kernel vulnerability right now. The exact location and nature of the flaw isn’t clear right now.
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.
The Android platform has become one of the go-to choices for developers and device manufacturers in the last year or so, and that popularity has of course attracted the attention of attackers who have been busily coding up as much malware as they can for the platform. They’ve been quite successful, with hits such as DroidDream and its sequels popping up in dozens of compromised apps in the Android Market this year. Now, defenders are getting some tools of their own to help address the problem, with the release of the Android Reverse Engineering suite.
It was another year, another “F” for the top, U.S. firms targeted in the annual Social Engineering Capture the Flag (CTF) Contest at the DEFCON hacking conference, according to a report released on Monday.
Over the weekend, a pair of hackers successfully installed Apple’s previously iPhone 4S-exclusive voice assistant service, Siri, onto an iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod Touch. The hack works on jailbroken iOS devices.
The Tor Project has released a new version of its client software to fix a serious vulnerability that allows an attacker to strip users of their anonymity on the network. The new version also includes a number of other security and privacy fixes.
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in Facebook’s messaging system that could allow an attacker to send executable attachments to anyone on the popular social network. The vulnerability is such that an attacker doesn’t necessarily need to be friends with the person to whom he sends the message.
With more and more victims of identity theft minted every day, figuring out if you’re one of the unlucky masses with a leaked email password is yeoman’s work. Now one security researcher is trying to make it easy with PwnedList.com, a Web site that collects leaked and stolen data, then tells Internet users whether their information is in it.
WASHINGTON–The U.S. government has a lot of money. Not as much as it used to have, of course, but still, it has a lot. It also has a lot of computers and servers and routers and other things that move and store data. In fact, they have so many that they don’t really know what all of them are doing at any given time. That’s turning into a fairly thorny security problem for some of the country’s more vital networks, and even the most well-funded agencies are having a hard time addressing it.
Barnaby Jack, famous for getting ATMs to disgorge an avalanche of cash on stage at the Black Hat Briefings, says he has developed an attack that could be used to deliver a lethal dose of insulin to diabetics using the embedded pumps.
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