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Pseudorandom domain name generation and the Blackhole exploit kit

05

Jul

2012

In this post I want to highlight one of the script injections we have been tracking for the past month or so, which is being used to redirect web traffic to exploit sites (running the Blackhole exploit kit). Two factors make this particular script injection worthy of discussion, namely: large scale attacks. Many legitimate sites […]

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Improve your security #9: create good passwords

08

Jun

2012

I never thought that I am going to write this post after publishing the two other Improve your security articles about passwords: #8: change the default passwords and #1: complex passwords aren’t always better But, here we are, after seeing three major websites (LinkedIn, LastFM, eHarmony) which got somehow (yes, somehow, because we still don’t […]

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LinkedIn and eHarmony passwords databases leaked

07

Jun

2012

Yesterday, password databases from two popular websites were leaked in an underground forum popular with computer hackers. 6.5 million passwords from LinkedIn and a further 1.5 million passwords from internet dating site eHarmony were divulged following attacks on these sites. LinkedIn has already acknowledged the leak, and have said they are changing the algorithm for […]

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