Microsoft on Tuesday will release a rare out-of-band patch to fix the highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has caused multiple researchers to issuing warnings earlier this month. The patch ...

Security firm F-Secure has revealed that the software bundled with Sony's MicroVault USB thumb drives hides a directory under "C:\Windows\". The directory and files contained inside it aren't visible ...

Somebody over at Sony must have a thing about rootkits because once again the company is caught trying to cloak files on systems using what security company F-Secure describe as "rootkit-like behavior ...

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Sony Corporation is in the news again over its proclivity to install hidden directories on its customers' hard drives. However, the revelation that some Sony USB memory sticks come with rootkit-like ...

Sony is reportedly planning to issue a patch later this month which will remove software installed by its Micro Vault USB thumb drives. Security researchers at F-Secure had claimed that the drives ...

While everybody was busy with that BioShock "rootkit" false alarm-- and subsequently busy playing BioShock -- the folks at F-Secure were uncovering a new, legitimate rootkit problem in the software ...

Sony has ceased production of three Microvault USB memory key models that pose a potential security risk to Windows computers. The spokesperson said that the elecontronics manufacturer stoped ...

This post explains what is a Rootkit virus in cybersecurity. While it is possible to hide malware in a way that will fool even the traditional antivirus/antispyware products, most malware programs ...