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Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat?
From: <Eduardo_Godinho () trendmicro com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:50:09 -0700
Hi there, A very important point is, according the VMware recommendation, to get a better performance we should insert the vmware files on the exception of AV, on the other hand, we (Trend Micro) are developing a new AV to work direct on the VMWare Kernel (linux). Regards, Eduardo Godinho Technical Account Manager | Latin American Team “We'll always be there for you, and always looking ahead” -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Pavel Kankovsky Sent: domingo, 19 de abril de 2009 07:02 To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 sergio () infosegura net wrote:
The attacker has root access, and can craft the trojan any form s/he wants. I don't see how the AV would detect this type of custom-made trojan.
You do not need "root access" or a virtual machine to craft a custom-made trojan. This means we can simplify the question as follows: Can antivirus prevent an arbitrary piece of malicious code from entering the network? And the answer is simple: No, it cannot. Stop fastening screws with a hammer. It has never worked. -- Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak / Jeremiah 9:21 \ "For death is come up into our MS Windows(tm)..." \ 21th century edition / _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ TREND MICRO EMAIL NOTICE The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property protection. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use or disclose this information, and we request that you notify us by reply mail or telephone and delete the original message from your mail system. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? sergio (Apr 17)
- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? Peter Ferrie (Apr 17)
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- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? sergio (Apr 18)
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- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? Pavel Kankovsky (Apr 19)
- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? Eduardo_Godinho (Apr 19)
- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? Pavel Kankovsky (Apr 19)
- Re: Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat? Peter Ferrie (Apr 17)