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Pseudorandom domain name generation and the Blackhole exploit kit

05

Jul

2012

In this post I want to highlight one of the script injections we have been tracking for the past month or so, which is being used to redirect web traffic to exploit sites (running the Blackhole exploit kit). Two factors make this particular script injection worthy of discussion, namely: large scale attacks. Many legitimate sites […]

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Danger! Unpatched Microsoft security vulnerability being actively exploited

19

Jun

2012

An unpatched critical security vulnerability in Microsoft’s software is being actively exploited by cybercriminals. The exploit allows what’s known as a drive-by install: you can become infected simply by visiting a website with Internet Explorer.Alongside last week’s regular Patch Tuesday announcement (including a remote code execution vulnerability that is being exploited by attackers in the […]

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Hotel booking confirmation emails aim to infect your computer. Watch out!

31

May

2012

Be on your guard against emails that claim to be about a hotel booking that you never made – you could be putting your computer at risk of infection by malware.Emails have been spammed out claiming to be a confirmation from the booking.com website about a hotel reservation.Chances are that if you received an email […]

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Pseudorandom domain name generation and the Blackhole exploit kit

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