Record-setting batch of patches from Microsoft actually closed the book on the vexing ATL code library issues that first surfaced in July 2009. Despite being a mostly run-of-the-mill ransomware strain, Babuk Locker s encryption mechanisms and abuse of Windows Restart Manager sets it apart. Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and others want appeals court to deny immunity to Israeli company for its alleged distribution of spyware and illegal cyber-surveillance activities. Read the full story.
Source: https://threatpost.com/microsoft-finally-shuts-door-atl-bugs-101509/72329/