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After Sony’s passwords and security certificates leaked in plain-text, we’ve now reportedly seen the first piece of malware in the wild sporting Sony’s stolen security certificate. Kaspersky Labs reports that a new piece of malware called ‘Destover’ was compiled on December 5th uses the company’s security certificate to attack some Windows machines. Sony’s security certificates are trusted by some security solutions by default, meaning that computers are more likely to be infected without detection. Virustotal’s detection page notes that the malware is picked up by antivirus software around 65% of the time. It’s not entirely clear what the ‘Destover’ malware does, but…

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Just when you start to think North Korea might have actually been involved in the devastating Sony hacks the past couple of weeks, the FBI’s first public statement on the matter suggests otherwise. At a cybersecurity panel earlier today, Joe Demarest, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, told attendees, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this point” according to Reuters. An FBI spokesman said the agency is still searching for the hackers, but wouldn’t provide additional information. Several researchers have suggested that North Korea – or at least North Korean sympathizers – were behind the attack as retaliation…

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