by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
Didier Stevens shows how to easily reverse engineer malware if it’s written in AutoIt, a popular scripting tool. You simply unpack the malware and then run it through the AutoIt decompilation utility (exe2aut).He ran a piece of malware through this process, and...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
TRUSTe suspends comScore for 90 days (announcing it just this Friday evening):Earlier this month, after notification by several sources, TRUSTe undertook an investigation of a distributor installing comScore’s RelevantKnowledge on consumer machines through a security...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
Interesting stuff. Russian developers of MPack interviewed: How do you get the exploits for MPack? Do you buy them?For our pack, there are two main methods of receiving exploits: The first one is guys sending us any material they find in the wild, bought from others...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
Interesting article on a spammer who agrees that “he’s going to hell”. But the substance is worth reading:“Ed,” a retired spammer, built a considerable fortune sending e-mails that promoted pills, porn and casinos. At the peak of his power, Ed says he pulled in...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Video game battlefieldCNN reported last week that the Nintendo Wii is outselling both of its big rivals:For serious gamers, the choice of a platform is an emotional subject, and it’s interesting that as with computer operating systems, consumers basically have...