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Developer successfully compiled leaked source code for MS Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 OSs

Security Affairs

Last week, the source code for MS Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 OSs were leaked online, now a developer successfully compiled them. Last week, the source code for Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems was published as a torrent file on the bulletin board website 4chan. Windows NT 4 MS-DOS 3.30

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Tainted password-cracking software for industrial systems used to spread P2P Sality bot

Security Affairs

Dragos researchers uncovered a small-scale campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. During a routine vulnerability assessment, Dragos researchers discovered a campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. “Dragos only tested the DirectLogic-targeting malware.

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PRIVATELOG, a new malware that leverages Common Log File System (CLFS) to avoid detection

Security Affairs

Mandiant researchers spotted a new malware family, dubbed PRIVATELOG, that relies on the Common Log File System (CLFS) to evade detection solutions. It was introduced with Windows Server 2003 R2 and included in later Windows operating systems. CLFS can be used for both data logging as well as for event logging.

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US disrupts Russia-linked Snake implant’s network

Security Affairs

The US government announced to have disrupted the peer-to-peer (P2P) network of computers compromised by the Snake malware. The malware has been designed and used by Center 16 of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in cyber espionage operations on sensitive targets. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Stop Trying to Take Humans Out of SOC … Except … Wait… Wait… Wait…

Anton on Security

As one vendor once said, “you have an adversary problem, not a malware problem.” Naturally, one may counter that chess is mathematically solvable while information security is not (by a wide, wide, wide margin). We need to hunt and not rely solely on automated systems for things like detection?—?hence hence humans are a must.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 284

Security Affairs

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Experts devised a new attack to bypass Microsoft PatchGuard

Security Affairs

The feature was first introduced in 2005 with the x64 editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Patching the kernel could allow attackers to run malicious code as kernel mode, which means that malware could run with the highest level of privileges could be undetected by common security solutions.

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