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The Java Autorun Worm, Java.Cogyeka (3 of 3)

03

Jul

2013

As I wrote in parts one and two of this series of blogs, Java.Cogyeka uses an autorun.inf file to propagate and download an additional module. I was able to get the downloaded module, based on a Java application, even though it took over a week because of the difficulty in establishing a connection with the […]

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How to protect yourself from Java-based malware

26

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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Spam and Scam Round-up

12

Jul

2012

Here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting scams we’ve seen taking place over the last couple of days: 1) I hate Tumblr spam as much as the next guy, but there are some missives doing the rounds that made me chuckle and / or look rather surprised. There’s only so many times you […]

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