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Anatomy of a crimeware rootkit - scary stuff!
Published on 2010-11-19 08:37:59
I came across a recent tutorial on reverse engineering the ZeroAccess / Max++ / Smiscer Crimeware Rootkit. This is a very malicious rootkit that has features such as: Modern persistence hooks into the OS – Make it very difficult to remove without damaging the host OS. Ability to use a low level API calls to carve out [...]
PDF Search Engine - ebooks
Published on 2010-09-16 10:20:37
I recently came across a specialized search engine for PDF’s or ebooks. I know that there are Google hacks or search strings that you can use to narrow search scope, but at times it is nice to use a specialized tool to quickly isolate what you are searching for without using expert search strings. Check out [...]
Is there an orange ball in information security?
Published on 2010-09-10 12:05:59
In Japan many retailers have what look like orange balls or waterballoons near checkouts. Bruce Schneier, a leading information security expert, recently blogged about these orange balls as anti-robbery devices. Could we find any type of orange ball to use for information security, to “mark” packets of attackers and then track them back down? What [...]
