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How to protect yourself from Java-based malware

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Jul

2012

The last few months we have seen a drastic increase in Java-based malware abusing the CVE-2012-0507 AtomicReferenceArray type-confusion vulnerability. In addition to that, a few weeks ago, a new Java vulnerability was found (CVE-2012-1723); it is also a type-confusion vulnerability. The attack abusing this new vulnerability is also very active. Traditionally, Java has a strong […]

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New spear of Black Hole exploit kit targets Java Vulnerability CVE-2012-1723

15

Jul

2012

In early July, an update to the Black Hole exploit kit targeted Java vulnerability CVE-2012-1723. The vulnerability could evade the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) sandbox and load additional Java classes in order to perform malicious actions. Details about the vulnerability are here. Although most of the sites used in the attack are newly registered, the Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network can detect an attack […]

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OSX.FlashBack.K – An Overview and its Inner Workings

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May

2012

In our previous blogs, [1], [2], [3], and [4], we described how a computer may become infected with OSX.Flashback.K and provided various statistics about infected computers. The purpose of this blog is to describe the inner workings of the threat. The ultimate goal of the OSX.Flashback.K Trojan is to generate money through ad-clicking. The threat […]

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