MiniDuke, the recently discovered cyber-spy malware aimed at governments and their agencies in Europe and elsewhere, has been operating for at least 21 months. A sample of the software nasty, discovered by researchers at Romanian antivirus firm Bitdefender, dates back to at least 20 June, 2011. Later variants of the spying …

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Tuesday 5th March 2013 13:47 GMT John Smith 19

So take note of when new Windows DLLs turn up on your system?

Hard to believe anyone would need reminding about this.

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1. Tuesday 5th March 2013 23:17 GMT FrankAlphaXII
  
  Re: So take note of when new Windows DLLs turn up on your system?
  
  You'd figure that. But you also have to assume people are completely security stupid so it bears repeating to anyone who thinks this has magically changed lately.
  
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  1. Wednesday 6th March 2013 10:40 GMT Psyx
    
    Re: So take note of when new Windows DLLs turn up on your system?
    
    "But you also have to assume people are completely security stupid "
    
    That's overly harsh: Not everyone works in IT. 95% of users by that definition are 'stupid'. As much as the SysAdmin in me is nodding along vigorously, we both know that's not true.
    
    Furthermore, if the problem is so 'stupid' that 95% of users will miss it, then it's NOT a stupid problem, and needs resolving in a different/better way.
    
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