Summary: One version of the attack was triggered by a rigged Microsoft Word .doc that probably included some social engineering and required the target to open the booby-trapped file.

The mysterious Duqu malware attack exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel, according to security researchers tracking the Stuxnet-like cyber-surveillance Trojan.

Windows kernel ‘zero-day’ found in Duqu attack | ZDNet

Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Internet, Operating Systems, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Please be sure to read DealNews instructions as the link off of DealNews is not english.

http://dealnews.com/avast-Internet-Security-6-for-PC-downloads-for-free/481684.html

Posted: July 19th, 2011 under Computers, Operating Systems, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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By Gregg Keizer
June 30, 2011 02:07 PM ET

Computerworld – Microsoft yesterday clarified the advice it gave users whose Windows PCs are infected with a new, sophisticated rootkit that buries itself on the hard drive’s boot sector.

Microsoft clarifies MBR rootkit removal advice – Computerworld

Posted: July 2nd, 2011 under Operating Systems, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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By: Ron
Microsoft announced today that a new root-kit causes so much havoc by bury’s itself deep into the computer’s boot sector, that infected users will be forced to perform a re-install of the operating system to fix the problem.
http://www.winbeta.org/?q=news/microsoft-rootkit-infection-requires-windows-reinstall

Posted: June 30th, 2011 under Computers, Operating Systems, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company’s own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista.
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3781

Posted: November 9th, 2009 under In The News, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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