Posts Tagged ‘legitimate websites’

Internet Explorer Zero-day Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1347)

May

2013

A new vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Explorer affects Internet Explorer version 8. The vulnerability allows attackers to execute code on a machine by just having the user visit a malicious website. This can happen, for example, when the user is tricked into clicking a link in an email or via compromised legitimate websites, such […]

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Blackhole Exploit Kit Spam Campaigns Disguised as Top Service Brands

Apr

2013

Spam campaigns based on the Blackhole Exploit Kit send messages that contain links to compromised legitimate websites, which serve hidden iframes and redirections that exploit vulnerabilities across operating systems-from Android to Windows. Spam themes we have seen vary rapidly and are disguised to appear as legitimate messages from familiar services. Campaigns spoofing Facebook, LinkedIn, American […]

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The end of DNS-Changer

Jul

2012

FBI’s “Operation Ghost Click” was discussed earlier by my colleague Kurt here and here and now it comes to an end. Next Monday, 9th of July, at 06:00 (MEZ) the temporary DNS-servers setup by FBI will be shut down. But still there are still thousands of infected machines – one can wonder, what will happen […]

Category General Written by Securelist / Blog 0 Comments

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