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Apache exploit leaves up to 65% of all websites vulnerable

27

Aug

2011

The Apache Software Foundation has announced a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects all versions of the ubiquitous Apache web server, leaving up to 65% of all websites vulnerable. A denial of service attack works by flooding a server with information and making it so busy that it locks-up and becomes useless. Normally an attacker would have […]

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Mobile malware to steal photos from your phone

16

Aug

2011

A good deal of this year’s mobile malware was developed in China. And Chinese mobile malware tends to include stuff such as backdoors, password stealers and spy tools. Knowing that Chinese malware likes to spy, we’ve been keeping an eye out for various functions, such as photo scraping. Stealing photos from a phone could be […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

Force “ASLR” on Shell Extensions

10

Aug

2011

I’ve written about Shell Extension without ASLR support before. Not only do they open up explorer.exe to ROP attacks, but other applications too, like Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office. You could use EMET to force ASLR on these DLLs, assuming you know which applications load shell extensions. Because shell extensions are not only loaded into […]

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