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Malware Leveraging MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found

26

Jan

2012

Earlier today, we encountered a malware that exploits a recently (and publicly) disclosed vulnerability, the MIDI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0003).The said vulnerability is triggered when Windows Multimedia Library in Windows Media Player (WMP) fails to handle a specially crafted MIDI file, consequently allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.In the attack that we found, the infection […]

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Malicious email scam “Re: Scan from a Xerox W. Pro #XXXXXXX” returns with a new face

18

Jan

2012

About 6 months ago, a malicious email scam with the subject "Re: Scan from a Xerox W. Pro #XXXXXXX" went wild. This scam has returned – this time, with a new face! Instead of making you attach a .zip file, as it did in the past, it now prompts you to click a download link. […]

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From color pink to infectious binary

13

Jan

2012

My daughter should be credited (or blamed) with the Cute, Pink, and Infected release.She was playing games on my computer and suddenly screamed: “The internet has stopped!”Yes indeed, the browser had shut down on her. All I knew at the time was that this involved some online games and a google search using the word […]

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