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Fox News-themed Malicious Email Campaign

28

Jun

2013

WebsenseR Security LabsT researchers, using our Websense ThreatSeekerR Intelligence Cloud, discovered an interesting malicious email campaign using spoofed email addresses from Fox News domains in an attempt to ultimately lure victims to websites hosting the Blackhole Exploit Kit. Should the exploit and compromise be successful, a malicious payload related to the Cridex family appears to […]

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WebShells WebShells on the Web Server

03

May

2013

This blog describes briefly what WebShells are, and how attackers can use WebShells to gain powerful shell level/system level access to a server. WebShells have been used in attacks for quite a long time now, but with changes in attack trends, cyber criminals are getting more sophisticated with deployment techniques and methods to circumvent detection. With the help […]

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DNS Poisoning Hits Kenya Google, MSN, Skype…

15

Apr

2013

The Websense® ThreatSeeker® Network has detected that a DNS poisoning attack is happening in Kenya, with local big name websites in information technology targeted including Google, Bing, and LinkedIn. Although DNS records point to a page on behalf of the attackers that lets the browsing user know about the hack, it could easily be replaced with a malicious page at will. Below […]

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