Monthly Archives: January 2012

We’ve been seeing cases of malware that first debuted on other operating systems being ported over to Android. Here’s another trojan that fits the bill. Opfake was first found on Symbian and Windows Mobile. In its latest incarnation on Android, … Continue reading →

Here’s a clip from a US TV show called “Bones”. In it, a computer virus crashes a computer. And sets it on fire. The virus got in via a fractal. Embedded on a bone of a shooting victim. Seems Legit. … Continue reading →

Some errors in forensic science may be the result of the biases of the medical examiners: Though they cannot prove it, Dr Dror and Dr Hampikian suspect the difference in contextual information given to the examiners was the cause of … Continue reading →

It has been four months since Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab announced the disruption of Kelihos/Hlux botnet. The sinkholing method that was used has its advantages – it is possible to disable a botnet rather quickly without taking control over the … Continue reading →

Amidst my usual adventure with Android malware analysis, I saw this snippet of code while skimming through a particular sample’s class modules. Figure 1 Late last year, I was looking deeper into Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format, especially about … Continue reading →

Does this story make sense to anyone? The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: ‘Free this week, for quick … Continue reading →

According to my publisher, the book was printed last week and the warehouse is shipping orders to booksellers today. Amazon is likely to start shipping books on Thursday. (Yes, Amazon’s webpage claims that the book will be published on February … Continue reading →

This was pretty good, I thought: However, it may be difficult to write military doctrine for many aspects of cyberconflict that are truly revolutionary. Here are no fewer than 10 to consider: The Internet is an artificial environment that can … Continue reading →

Interesting article from the New York Times on password sharing as a show of affection. “It’s a sign of trust,” Tiffany Carandang, a high school senior in San Francisco, said of the decision she and her boyfriend made several months … Continue reading →

S. Korean handlers are slow to take down the publicly distributed malicious code exploiting CVE-2012-0003, a vulnerability patched in Microsoft’s January 2012 patch release MS12-004. We have discussed with reporters that the code has been available since the 21st, and … Continue reading →