Six Months with Windows 8

A look at Windows 8 during the first six months of its release. Just how well is it holding up, security-wise? The challenges faced by developers in securing Modern Windows and how piracy in the Windows Store might affect BYOD rollouts in the enterprise.

Mind the Gapz: The most complex bootkit ever analyzed?

A report devoted to analysis of one of the stealthiest bootkits ever seen in the wild – Win32/Gapz.

Origin of the Specious: the Evolution of Misinformation

Welcome to the Web 2.0 incarnation of the Misinformation Superhighway. Did you really think that hoaxing had died out?

‘PokerAgent’

The ‘PokerAgent’ botnet, which we have tracked in 2012, was designed to harvest Facebook log-on credentials, also collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats, presumably with the intention to mug the victims. The threat was mostly active in Israel.

Trends for 2013 – Astounding growth of mobile malware

ESET Latin America’s Malware Analysis Lab reviews the year and compiles threat trends for the upcoming season. So how will the 2013 threatscape look like according to the IT security company ESET? It will definitely see major growth of mobile malware and its variants, increased malware propagation via websites, continuing rise of botnets and attacks on the cloud resulting in information leaks.

Boxer SMS Trojan

Analysis of an SMS Trojan found on Android smartphones that is capable of executing SMS premium rate scams in a wide range of countries. ESET researchers in Latin America combine code inspection with investigation of consumer forums to reveal the first threat of the kind targeting Latin American countries, but with implications that are global.

Online Shopping and a Phishing Pheeding Phrenzy

Phishing scams old and new, and some ways to recognize the baited hook before you bite off more than you can chew.

Windows 8: FUD* for thought

An analysis of the newest and most interesting security features in Windows 8, Microsoft’s newest desktop operating system, as well as how it may be attacked in the future.

OSX/Flashback

The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac

ACAD/Medre.A

10000‘s of AutoCAD Designs Leaked in Suspected Industrial Espionage.

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