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A Mysterious Java Exploit

03

Apr

2012

Last week Kahu Security blogged about Escalating Java Attacks. Kahu’s post dissects two Java exploits. The first exploit targets CVE-2012-0507, the latest Java vulnerability that’s been seen being exploited in the wild. This vulnerability was patched (for Windows) by Oracle in February 2012. I found the second exploit to be more interesting. It clearly appeared […]

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Blackhole, CVE-2012-0507 and Carberp

30

Mar

2012

This week Blackhole has been updated to version 1.2.3 and includes a new exploit for the Java CVE-2012-0507 vulnerability, which ESET calls Java/ Exploit.CVE-2012-0507. Earlier this week information was published about the Blackhole update by French malware researcher Xylitol and last week Microsoft shared information about an interesting way of breaching the JRE (Java Runtime […]

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2011 in Review: Exploits and Vulnerabilities

04

Jan

2012

In recent years, we have seen client-side software heavily targeted by hackers in search of vulnerabilities. 2011 saw these threats become more complex and sophisticated. We saw attackers increasingly use zero-day vulnerabilities, some of which have been particularly critical. Examples of these include the vulnerability Duqu exploited (CVE-2011-3402); a Java vulnerability (CVE-2011-3544); or Adobe zero-day vulnerabilities, which […]

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