July 2007 - Posts

Targeted attacks - a sniper rifle, not a scattergun
25 July 07 05:44 PM

Malware is often thought of as an equal opportunity nasty. After all, real viruses affect the rich and poor equally. However, things are not as they once were. In the heady days of Blaster and Slammer and Nimda et al, the malware would infect anyone that Read More...

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Filed under: Security, malware, viruses

Risky business whatever you do...
23 July 07 10:31 AM

Wow – The code review entry was really popular. I have to admit that I have never used a code review tool and they may be wonderful. I tend to plough on through the code just to be sure that I haven’t missed anything. I don’t do that many code reviews Read More...

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Code reviews. Stay awake at the back there
11 July 07 10:21 AM

Code reviews. What could be duller? It is very easy to put the brain in neutral and read the code in a daze. The eyes move but no information reaches the brain. Testing is also dull. The good thing about these dull things is that they avoid exciting times. Read More...

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How malware likes to hide
05 July 07 04:58 PM

Well, technically, how malware writers like to hide malware. In my last post, I talked about subversion – hacking the OS not to see the malware. That is part of the rootkit. Not all malware uses a rootkit and all malware has to avoid detection by signature Read More...

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Subversion... something nasty lurks
03 July 07 04:47 PM

Subversion is defined by our friends in the Princeton U’s English department as follows: subversion noun 1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of Read More...

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