Re: [Full-disclosure] Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat?

[<Eduardo_Godinho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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”




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[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pavel Kankovsky
Sent: domingo, 19 de abril de 2009 07:02
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Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Virtual Machine Trojans: a new type of threat?

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 sergio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 /

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