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Specialists ESET NOD32 received thanks from Microsoft Corp.


Specialists of the Center of virus research and analytics ESET were noted by Microsoft and received a commendation for assisting in closing the vulnerabilities CVE-2010-3338. This vulnerability is being exploited for spreading Stuxnet.
In the study, "Stuxnet under the microscope", which had a virus experts of the Center research and analytics ESET, were analyzed in detail the principles of the worm Stuxnet, and also discovered a number of serious and previously unknown vulnerability "zero-day" in the operating systems of Microsoft, with which penetration of this threat occurred in the IT infrastructure industry. This information has been transferred to the corporation, with detailed descriptions and recommendations for removal. In addition, the experts of the Russian Mission ESET prepared demo code that shows the possibility of attackers using vulnerabilities that allowed the opposition to expedite this issue from Microsoft.

On december 14 in the Bulletin MS10-092 has been closed the last breach in the software that Microsoft, which is used by hackers for spreading Stuxnet. This vulnerability increases the local franchise to the level of the system in Microsoft Vista operating system and Microsoft Win7. In this vulnerable component is the task scheduler (Task Scheduler), which, thanks to a specially formed task allows you to make him the rights to the system level.

Since CVE-2010-3338 remained long closure, cybercriminals are using it and to distribute other malicious programs. In particular, a similar case was recorded in November this year in the program code updated version of the famous rootkit TDL4 or Win32/Olmarik.AIY classification ESET. This threat is aimed at stealing sensitive data, including financial information.

"Vulnerability CVE-2010-3338 was dangerous not only for industries that were exposed to targeted attacks Stuxnet, - commented Evgeny Rodionov, senior analyst of complex threats of ESET. - A great threat this vulnerability poses to all industry players, as well as for home users running on Microsoft Windows. It is worth noting that this vulnerability is fairly easy to use and is characterized by both 32-bit and 64-bit OS versions. Therefore, we have made every effort to resolve the problem, and thanks to the efficient work of the vulnerability has been closed. "

For us it was an interesting experience, when two world class company specializing in information security, working closely with the purpose of closing a number of serious vulnerabilities in the product of one of them, - said Alexander Matrosov, Director, Center for Virus Research and Analysis ESET. - Sure, the last update from Microsoft as part bulletin MS10-092, will contribute to reducing the spread of threats that exploit this vulnerability.

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