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Survey Spam Also Bank on 2012 Olympics Fever

25

Jul

2012

It’s no surprise to see that criminals are banking on a highly anticipated sporting event such as the 2012 Olympic Games, which will be held in London, England. And as early as 2010, Olympic-themed spam has been out there. There’s a number of different types, too-from the classic lottery scam mails, to fake tickets and […]

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Vulnerability in Instagram App Found

12

Jul

2012

Sebastian Guerrero, an independent security researcher, found a flaw in the Instagram app. The said flaw allows an attacker to add themselves to a target’s Instagram account as “Friend” without the target’s knowing, which in turn gives attackers access not only to personal information that can readily by stolen but also to photos that are […]

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Zero-day XML Core Services vulnerability included in Blackhole exploit kit

29

Jun

2012

Sophos – A couple of weeks ago (12 June 2012) we published an advisory for a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services, also known as CVE-2012-1889. The vulnerability is a true zero-day, being exploited in the wild, with no patch yet available from Microsoft.The main concern in such situations is the speed with which we […]

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