Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2718704, in which the company disclosed that it recently became aware of the Flamer/Skywiper threat, which uses certificates derived from the Microsoft Certif
Month: June 2012
It’s a scenario that security researchers have long worried about — a man-in-the-middle attack that allows someone to impersonate Microsoft Update to deliver malware to machines disguis
W32.Flamer has built-in modules to gather an enormous amount of information from compromised computers, well beyond that of any threat seen previously. These modules, referred to as 'apps'
Flamer has a variety of ways of spreading on the local network. One of the methods is to hijack clients performing Windows Update. Three Flamer apps are involved in delivering the rogue update: SNA