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Orbital Decay: the dark side of a popular file downloading tool

21

Aug

2013

Introduction Orbit Downloader by Innoshock is a popular file downloading add-on for web browsers, used not only to speed up the transfer of files over the Internet but also for its ability to download embedded videos from popular streaming video sites like YouTube. Figure 1 – Orbit Downloader Orbit Downloader has been around since at […]

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – August 2013

14

Aug

2013

Hello, welcome to this month's blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor is releasing eight bulletins covering a total of 23 vulnerabilities. 14 of this month's issues are rated ’Critical’. As always, customers are advised to follow these security best practices: Install vendor patches as soon as they are available. Run all […]

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New Disk Wiper Found in Korean Attacks

28

Jun

2013

Yesterday, Symantec published details about a new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack carried out by a gang dubbed “DarkSeoul” against South Korean websites. We identified their previous attacks against South Korea, including the devastating Jokra attacks in March 2013 that wiped numerous computer hard drives at South Korean banks and television broadcasters. As a result of […]

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