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StalkDaily Worm Revisited
Since posting yesterdays post, looking at the obfuscated StalkDaily worm, I have come across the sourcecode of the original unobfuscated worm on github. It does appear that becides the obfuscation, these are two different variants of the worm, with differing behaviours. While I believe the information in the previous is correct, the original worm, assuming [...]
StalkDaily Worm Analysis
Update: This post covers a newer version of the worm. I have located the original code, and it is reviewed in a newer post.
The following is a quickly developed, haphazard analysis of the StalkDaily worm that infected accounts of twitter users on 12Apr 2009. Apologies for the roughness. It was done to satisfy my own curiosity. [...]
Avenged Sevenfold
This album, also bought on a whim, is a 2007 self-titled album from a Favourite artist, and has become a new favourite album from this band.
Listening to the album was a little unpredictable, I had trouble with the first few tracks. After listening to this album for a month (a clear sign I have enjoyed the [...]
Cryptopsy and Nevetherym
These two albums were bought without research. While waiting for an order of CDs to arrive, desperate for something to listen to I picked up a few albums in Wagga.
Cryptopsy – The Unspoken King
Never having heard this band before, I was enticed by a review on the cover; “…time signature blasphemy… bouts of unpredictable musical passages…”. These words are [...]
Antivirus 2009 infection, and how to prevent it
Overview:
This article describes an investigation into the cause of infection of AntiSpyware2009 and similar malware.
Goals:
Find where this malware lives
Find how this malware is installed
Method:
This research was performed on two VMWare Server 2 virtual machines, on an Internet connected computer, isolated by a firewall from any other computers on the site.
The two computers were:
Windows 2000, Service Pack 4, Internet explorer 6 [...]
New Music
As those who follow me on twitter may know, I’m making an effort this year to listen to more new music (new to me, not necessarily new releases). I have found my enjoyment from playing and listening to music has dropped since I left uni, where having access to 30+ other peoples CD collection provided [...]