Posts Tagged ‘cross platform’

First Widespread Virus Cross-infection

Jul

2013

After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang-and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit files. The infections are cross-platform (a 32-bit Xpiro variant can infect a […]

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Chinese hackers harnessed DropBox to transfer malware

Jul

2013

Chinese intruders gang used to transfer malware in a simple manner – using DropBox and WordPress functionality.The gang is called ‘DNSCalc’, known mainly due to its past intrusions to The New York Times servers and collection of information for months until discovered.This time it turns out that the gang was able to install malware on […]

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The Lowest Hanging Fruit: Java

Feb

2013

By all measures, Java is the current title holder for the lowest hanging fruit in computer security. (And by Java, we mean JRE and its various browser plugins.) It wasn’t always so. How did it happen? Let’s review some highlights in the history of low hanging fruit. From 2004 to 2008: Attacks shifted from Windows […]

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