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Hackers Serving Rootkits with Bagles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the worm-in-the-apple dept.

Iran Contra writes "Security researchers at F-Secure in Finland have discovered a rootkit component in the Bagle worm that loads a kernel-mode driver to hide the processes and registry keys of itself and other Bagle-related malware from security scanners. Bagle started out as a simple e-mail borne executable and the addition of rootkit capabilities show how far ahead of the cat-and-mouse game the attackers are."

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  1. [Off topic] It's not a worm! by january · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It definitely isn't, trust me. I'm a ...biologist.

    I mean the picture, of course: http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topicworms.gif -- it is an insect larva, not a worm. To be more specific -- probably a butterfly caterpillar.

    You want to see a worm? Here -> http://www.desc.med.vu.nl/NL-taxi/ICE/C_elegans1.j pg is a nice picture of C.elegans, The Model Worm (r).

    January

  2. Re:The evolving virus by january · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Agree. This will be a breakthrough, and if anything is a mystery -- then the question, why it hasn't already happened.

    Evolving computer programs -- not simple genetic algorithms, but programs that actually "thrive" on CPU time and memory, and compete for these resources -- have been already used to experimentally investigate evolution. Note that there is a serious difference between a genetic algorithm and a truly evolving program. In the former case, the fitness function is precisely defined by the programmer. In the latter, the fitness is just what it is in living organisms -- ability to pass on the genes, or code.

    Check out the web page -- http://www.msu.edu/~lenski/ -- of Richard Lenski, experimental evolutionist (bacteria in a test tube + computer), you will find a nice article on in silicio evolution on his web page. The guy has 4 Nature and 2 Science publications only on the topic of digital evolution.

    January

    j.

  3. I blogged Ubuntu LiveCD to explain to noobies by ScrewTivo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I got so tired of explaining it over and over. Ultimate Spyware/Virus Blocker. If you think there is something I need to add or remove then please leave a comment.

    My friend is opening up a coffee shop that will have an ap. I will make some copies of Ubuntu for the customers to use.

    Now where do I find a dentist for the rootkit I received when I didn't take my own advice :)

    --
    Gizmos Gagets For Ninjas