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Mac Malware Summary 2011 (Q2/Q3/Q4)

16

Jan

2012

Brod, a researcher on our Threat Research team has been tasked with tracking emerging Mac based threats. Microsoft Excel is one of the tools he uses to chart variants. From April to December 2011, there have been several dozen new Mac threats. Well, that’s nothing when compared to Windows malware — but it’s definitely something […]

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XSS flaw in WordPress 3.3 – How the smallest things make testing tough

04

Jan

2012

A pair of Indian researchers disclosed a new cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 3.3 on Monday. Another researcher who goes by the name of ethicalhack3r decided to try to replicate their findings using the proof of concept (PoC) code that was posted to pastebin.com. He couldn’t seem to make it work, so he contacted […]

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Most Wi-Fi routers susceptible to hacking through security feature

30

Dec

2011

Stefan Viehbock, an independent security researcher, published a paper on Boxing Day titled “Brute forcing Wi-Fi Protected Setup” to his WordPress blog disclosing a weakness in the configuration of most consumer/SoHo Wi-Fi routers. As we all know the state of security for most home Wi-Fi networks was nearly non-existent only a few years ago. This […]

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