Windows more fragile than Linux.

Windows 8 is very fragile when it comes to getting malware, it is very easy to get a malicious program on it that can prevent it from running properly. And Windows 10 has compatibility issues with older applications and games. So there is not much choice when it comes to…

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Petya malware has evolved. This is getting worse.

The Petya malware is getting worse, there is a new version of this malware that has no killswitch like the previous version had. There was a source screenshot posted on Twitter that showed a possible killswitch, but this new variant does not have this at all. But simple Common Sense…

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New Petya cyber attack targeting insecure Windows machines.

Petya cyber attack threatening many Windows machines Petya cyber attack screen on Windows. This is a new version of the Wannacry malware that is targeting insecure Windows machines. Apparently, there was a system that pushed updates to many Windows machines, and the malware was introduced into the updates and therefore…

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Examining a piece of Linux malware with Kali Linux tools.

I have recently downloaded an executable, this is a piece of Linux malware. I run a query with strings on this file and I find out that this file makes changes to various utility commands on a Linux system such as netstat, ps, top and /bin/sh. This would be all…

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Windows still a Malware target after all of this time.

The Windows installation I have is still infected with Malware even after I cleaned it with MSE and updated all the virus definitions. This is not a good thing to have to deal with, but Linux can do things faster and with more security and stability than Windows 7 can…

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Finding Windows Malware with Linux.

This output below is the result of running strings(1) on my pagefile.sys file left over from running Windows 7. You can see there is a bit of activity going on behind the scenes of Windows that I was not aware of. I thought my system had no bugs in it…

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Imported hardware/software in America infected with malware?

According to a Source in the Department of Homeland Security, many hardware components imported into the United States are infected with malware and spyware and pose a great risk to the health of any Windows computer they are plugged into. This is reported to have been carried out by unknown…

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