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New Internet Explorer 8 Zero-Day Used in Watering Hole Attack

05

May

2013

Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2847140 in response to reports regarding public exploitation of a vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 8. Other versions such as Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 9, and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected. Initial reports indicate that a website associated with a department of the US government was […]

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Fake Antivirus Renewal Email Rises from the Dead

01

Mar

2013

Over the last few years, many reports, white papers, and blogs have been released detailing targeted attacks. For example, some attacks employ sophisticated infection methods, such as watering hole attacks, and some rely on exploit code hidden in document files mixed with social engineering schemes. Some time ago, when the malware world was still dominated […]

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New Adobe PDF Zero-day Unleashes Trojan.Swaylib

15

Feb

2013

In a previous blog, Symantec reported on a new Adobe zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641) affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.1) and earlier versions, that was being actively exploited in the wild. Adobe has yet to release a patch for this zero-day, but in an advisory they have provided a means of mitigation against the […]

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