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Vulnerable WordPress Leads to Security Blog Infection

27

Mar

2012

Even visiting security-oriented websites can sometimes be risky. If you’ve visited the security blog zerosecurity.org this month and you’re also a user of ESET’s security products, you might have encountered an anti-virus alert such as this one: The detection names may vary. Different variants of the following “generic families” were detected on the compromised websites on […]

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Web Attack Ahead of Tax Season

08

Feb

2012

At 3 AM, on February 6, 2012, Symantec Security Response observed spam carrying malicious links which target the upcoming tax season. The spam volume spiked between 6 AM and 1 PM, identifying over 200 unique URLs which lead to a Blackhole toolkit. A Blackhole toolkit compromises the machine by targeting various vulnerabilities on the victim's […]

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Websense 2011 predictions score A-, 2012 predictions coming soon.

15

Nov

2011

About a year ago we predicted what the biggest security risks would be in 2011 and as we’re coming up towards the end of the year we wanted to see how accurate these predictions were. We have rated our 2011 predictions on a scale of A-F. Here we go!1. The Stuxnet sequels are comingWhile there […]

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