Daily Archives: December 15th, 2009

Zero-Day Malware Drops Payloads Signed with a Forged Microsoft Certificate

By Andrew Brandt Security Websites are buzzing with news that a new zero-day exploit against Adobe Reader and Acrobat is circulating today, causing computers to become infected with malware simply by visiting certain Web pages. While the exploit itself is worthy of note, nobody is talking about the payload it downloads: It installs a trio [...]

Our Twitter Q&A with Threat Research Director Jeff Horne

By Jeff Horne On December 11, 2009, users of Twitter submitted questions to Webroot’s Director of Threat Research, Jeff Horne, as part of a live Q&A session. Webroot’s Twitter followers asked questions about connecting safely to the Internet while traveling during the holidays. A variety of questions came in live, with some others through direct [...]

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