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Trojan.Rodricter spreads by exploiting critical Java vulnerability

05

Sep

2012

On August 26, FireEye reported the discovery of a critical vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment versions 1.7x, which was designated as CVE-2012-4681. Oracle released a security patch only on August 30, and, therefore, the vulnerability remained unclosed for at least four days-an opportunity criminals were quick to take advantage of. Doctor Web determined that a […]

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Critical Java exploit used to spread malware

29

Mar

2012

If you haven’t updated the Java installation you might be exposed to the newest exploit identified as CVE-2012-0507. The exploit allows the bypassing of Java’s sandbox, a mechanism that is designed partly to prevent attacks from malicious code. Through the exploit are currently Zeus-Trojans downloaded and silently installed in the system. Avira software detects this […]

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Microsoft Releases Out of Band Update Before Year Ends

31

Dec

2011

Microsoft has released an advisory alerting its users about a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET (CVE-2011-3414). An attacker could potentially bring down a server (Denial of Service) with specially crafted requests. Given that all versions of ASP.NET are vulnerable, its exposure is pretty big. This advisory was in response to a public advisory presented in the […]

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