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Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2462)

08

Dec

2011

Yesterday, Adobe released a Security Advisory warning about a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Adobe rated this vulnerability “critical,” because it may allow an attacker to execute code remotely and take control of an affected system. Adobe is currently working on a fix and planning to roll that fix out next week for the 9.x versions of its […]

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Revisited – TimThumb exploit effects

07

Nov

2011

We have talked about the TimThumb WordPress plugin exploit before. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend you read our previous post here: Vulnerability in TimThumb WordPress Plugins – The Effects.Today I found quite a few TimThumb related URLs when I was checking our Advanced Classification Engine detection feedback, so I ran one of them in the lab: Obviously, the […]

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Facebook Turns to Websense for Malicious URL Detection

03

Oct

2011

Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, the companies said on Monday. Facebook has been plagued by malware distribution campaigns, survey scams and other types of threats for years now and despite the company’s best efforts the attacks continue. The site’s […]

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