Last week I attended Defcon21, where in addition to hanging out with my most excellent co-workers, I had the opportunity to…
Month: August 2013
Linux Bank Trojan ‘Hand of Thief’ debuts
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that malware targets other Operating Systems besides Windows. However, it does exist, and is equally potent…
DEFCON 21: An Odyssey
If you read my post last week about some of the Malwarebytes team heading out to Las Vegas for DEFCON 21…
Chrome’s Stored Passwords
An oddity in Google’s Chrome allows you to reveal stored passwords saved by the popular browser. Software developer Elliot Kember came…
Firefox Zero-Day: A Quick Look At Yet Another Cross-Platform Vulnerability
We knew about Java’s “Write once, run everywhere” mantra which very quickly turned into jokes like “Write once, pwn everywhere”. But…
The Malware Archives: PDF Files
Chances are you’ve probably used Adobe Reader before to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe Reader—formerly Acrobat Reader—remains the number…
Firefox Zero-Day Used to Reveal Identities: Does The End Justify The Means?
An Exploit for Mozilla’s Firefox version 17 is making headlines, not simply because it is a zero-day but mainly because it…
Fake Pharma, Malware Target Pinterest
Pinterest is a really cool service where you can literally spend hours finding the most amazing ideas in a friendlier and…
Sophos Discovers ZeroAccess Using RLO
Yesterday, analysts at SophosLabs looked at a new ZeroAccess variant using some new tricks to hide itself. Or should I say…