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Attacks increasingly use malicious HTML email attachments

03

May

2023

Researchers warn that attackers are relying more on malicious HTML files in their attacks, with malicious files now accounting for half of all HTML attachments sent via email. This rate of malicious HTML prevalence is double compared to what it was last year and doesn’t appear to be the result of mass attack campaigns that […]

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The tale of one thousand and one DSL modems

01

Oct

2012

IntroductionThis is the description of an attack happening in Brazil since 2011 using 1 firmware vulnerability, 2 malicious scripts and 40 malicious DNS servers, which affected 6 hardware manufacturers, resulting in millions of Brazilian internet users falling victim to a sustained and silent mass attack on DSL modems.We will show how cybercriminals exploited an under-the-radar […]

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Soldier SpyEyes a Jackpot

14

Sep

2011

Mass attack by “Soldier” ensnares major US corporations in its net, steals $3.2 million in 6 months, causes organizations and individuals to be vulnerable to future attack; 90+ other countries hit by shrapnel.For some time now, we’ve been investigating the operations of a certain cybercriminal: a young man in his early 20s who resides in […]

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