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SF new article announcement: Malicious cryptography, part two


From: Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:11 -0400

The following Infocus technical article was published on SecurityFocus
today:

Malicious cryptography, part two
By Frédéric Raynal
2006-05-16

This two-part article series looks at how cryptography is a double-edged
sword: it is used to make us safer, but it is also being used for
malicious purposes within sophisticated viruses. Part two continues the
discussion of armored viruses and then looks at a Bradley worm - a worm
that uses cryptography in such a way that it cannot be analyzed. Then it
is shown how Skype can be used for malicious purposes, with a
crypto-virus that is very difficult to detect.

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1866


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