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IPv6 Fragmentation

25

Jul

2011

Fragmentation has been a frequent source of security vulnerabilities in IPv4, and for good reason. With fragmented IPv4 packets, the layer 4 header information is not available in the second through the last fragment. The process of fragmentation and fragment reassembly can create unexpected and harmful behaviors in intermediate nodes (such as firewalls and routers) […]

Category Security Written by Arbor Networks 0 Comments

Blackhat SEO poisoning leads to Blackhole Exploit Kit

30

Jun

2011

Instead of blogging about another case of Blackhat SEO poisoning (yes, Blackhat SEO poisoning does happen every day), I'm going to focus more on what happens after clicking on the poisoned search result. Although in the majority of cases unpatched users are exploited, I want to show how sometimes researching these cases can lead to a […]

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Support Scams: Cold Calls, Cold Hearts

17

Jun

2011

Here's a diagnostic window that your shouldn't panic over, certainly if some cold-calling scammer directs you to it by persuading you to run a diagnostic on your own system. But I'm getting ahead of myself. You might think I've blogged more than enough about support scams already – you know, where someone calls you out […]

Category General Written by ESET ThreatBlog 0 Comments

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