Microsoft is releasing an out of cycle security update for users of Internet Explorer 6-8.According to Microsoft: “While we have still seen only a limited number of customers affected by the issue, the potential exists that more customers could be affected in the future.”Potential indeed – there’s now evidence of this IE vulnerability being incorporated […]
The Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected that a FOREX trading website was injected with a malicious Java applet, which could install malware on the affected systems of the site's users. FOREX is the foreign exchange market where international currencies are traded, and nowadays, it's used by millions of people around the world. The targeted website […]
In part 1 of this series, we talked about Dorkbot and its spreading mechanisms that required user interaction. In this post, we’ll talk about how Dorkbot spreads automatically, via drive-by downloads and Autorun files. Spreading vectors not requiring user interaction: Drive-by downloads and Autorun files Dorkbot can also spread automatically, without user interaction. We recently […]
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