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LOL Links Wake Up Rage?

01

Nov

2012

W32.IRCBot.NG and W32.PhopifasIn a previous blog, my colleague Kevin Savage detailed a social engineering attack that utilized instant messaging applications. While the infection rates of W32.IRCBot.NG and W32.Phopifas have passed their peaks, the modules continue to be updated daily.The infection routine of these threats has not changed since they were discovered, but the threat authors […]

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Adobe Flash Update Counters CVE 2012-1535

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Aug

2012

Adobe has recommended that its Flash customers update to the latest version, which addresses a vulnerability (CVE 2012-1535) in the ActiveX component of the Flash player. This flaw could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.Overview of the attack.We have also observed that the vulnerability […]

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Exploitation of Java Vulnerabilities

16

Aug

2012

Java SE is a platform-independent programming language. It is used on all operating systems – Windows and *nix-based, which increases the scope of exploiting a security vulnerability in Java. I will examine two critical Java security vulnerabilities exploited in the wild during the last few months.Applets in a sandboxJava applets use a sandbox, which restricts […]

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