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Backdoor.Bifrose first came to our attention in 2004. It is a remote administration backdoor tool that allows unauthorized access to a compromised computer. Once installed, the malware has a range of capabilities, including:  running processes, opening windows, opening a remote shell, stealing system information (such as passwords, and video game serial numbers), generating screen captures, […]

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Symantec Security Response has confirmed that the Microsoft Internet Explorer Time Element Uninitialized Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability itself affects IE versions 6, 7, and 8. However, the exploit we have acquired seems to only affect version 8. Microsoft has already released patches as part of the MS […]

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After last month’s relatively light security update, Microsoft released 16 bulletins to address 34 vulnerabilities. Nine of these bulletins were tagged Critical, while the remaining seven are Important and ranges from fixes issued for bugs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Silverlight among others. Most of the updates also require a system restart, making […]

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