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‘Duqu’ zero-day Windows flaw patched this week
Microsoft will tomorrow patch the zero-day kernel Word vulnerability exploited by the mysterious Duqu malware, more than a month after its existence was first made public. In a pre-release draft covering the 13 December Patch Tuesday release that excluded helpful security bulletin numbers, Microsoft appears to have slipped in a…
Microsoft prepares for 14 bulletins, no indication of Duqu repair
Microsoft is preparing to addressing 20 vulnerabilities for its December Patch Tuesday, including flaws in Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Microsoft Publisher <img alt="Microsoft prepares for 14 bulletins, no indication of Duqu repair, Blog, Microsoft, Duqu, prepares, bulletins, indication, repair"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on…
Duqu hackers wipe all servers going back to 2009
The hackers behind the Duqu botnet have shut down their snooping operation, a security researcher said today. The 12 known command-and-control (CC) servers for Duqu were scrubbed of all files on 20 October, 2011, according to Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. That was just two days after rival antivirus firm Symantec went…
Duqu returns to Iran
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Iran secrecy to blame for Duqu infections, claims researcher
An Iranian government official yesterday acknowledged that the Duqu attacks had infected computers in the country but claimed that the Trojan was “under control,” according to a report by a state-run news agency. In response, an antivirus researcher blamed Iran for giving hackers a half year’s free hand with Duqu,…
Duqu: A New Breed Of Spyware Is Spreading
It’s called Duqu. Don’t worry just yet, it’s not likely to have infected your computer. Unless, that is, your computer is located at Iran’s Civil Defense Department. That’s where Duqu has very recently been detected. It’s not exactly known who created Duqu, but experts agree that it’s so sophisticated it…
Iran battling Duqu malware, official admits
The Duqu malware, linked by some experts to last year’s notorious Stuxnet attacks, has struck Iran an official in the country has told local news sources. The scale of the attack is unclear, but looks to be on a much smaller scale than Stuxnet in 2010, which many experts have…
Iran wrestles Duqu malware infestation
Iran admitted on Sunday that unspecified computer systems in the country had been infected with the Duqu worm, a strain of malware similar to the infamous Stuxnet worm that sabotaged key nuclear plant systems in the country last year. The head of Iran’s civil defence organization told the official IRNA…
‘Iran can thwart Duqu spyware’
“The software, capable of controlling this virus (Duqu), has been provided to organizations and institutions,” IRNA quoted Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali as saying on Sunday. Duqu, discovered on September 1, 2011, is a sophisticated Trojan which acts as a backdoor into a system and facilitates the theft of private intelligence….
