Report: Digitally signed rootkit in crack software

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  1. Katzenfreund

    Katzenfreund MDL Expert

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    I've never paid too much attention to certificates and have visited innumerable sites despite browser warning that their certificate was not in order.
     
  2. MS_User

    MS_User MDL Guru

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    this looks only dangerous for users of bitcoins.
     
  3. Yen

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    #23 Yen, Sep 18, 2017
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    The topic concerns all of us! :rolleyes:

    Why should it apply to bitcoin users only?
    The example is signed malware that is related to bitcoin, but it is just an example.

    Malware is malware and digitally signed malware with a trusted certificate is even worse!

    IMHO one of the most dangerous and still simple kind of malware is a keylogger.


    It's not SSL/TLS server certificate related. It's all about installations which are a sort of trusted by the system such as drivers:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/digital-signatures
    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537361.aspx
     
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  4. Joe C

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    A current example :
    CCleaner v5.33 hacked
    http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/09/avast-distributes-malware.html
     
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  5. MS_User

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    i agree even if im not a bitcoins user...i dont want any kind malware sitting in my comp i dont know what else it could do.