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Archive for the 'Exploits & Vulnerabilities' Category
Microsoft plugs zeroday IE hole
Closed Published December 18th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet ExplorerMicrosoft released fixes on Tuesday for critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, including one for which exploit code has been released.
Google fixes severe Chrome flaws
Closed Published September 1st, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, GoogleGoogle has been forced to release new security fixes for multiple high severity vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser which could lead to an attacker taking over a victim’s PC remotely.
One in four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
Closed Published September 1st, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Opera, SecurityHackers using multi-exploit attack "toolkits" take defensive measures of their own against other criminals, a security researcher said today.
Users not patching third party apps
Closed Published April 22nd, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, MalwareResearch by vulnerability specialists Secunia suggests that third party applications are increasingly being used by malware writers in preference to using operating system attacks.
IE 7 and 8 Default Security Leaves Intranets At Risk
Closed Published April 22nd, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7+, Internet Explorer 8, SecurityInternet Explorer 7 and 8’s default security settings can be unsafe for internal, intranet-based Web applications, according to newly published research.
Microsoft ships fixes for Excel, WordPad malware attacks
Closed Published April 22nd, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet Explorer, MalwareMicrosoft’s April batch of security patches are out: 8 bulletins with patches for at least 20 documented vulnerabilities.
Ghostnet Botnet Fed by Rudimentary Toolkit
Closed Published April 8th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, MalwareThe Ghostnet botnet attack that has successfully exploited computer systems within government networks around the globe is being driven in part by an easy-to-use malware authoring toolkit that allows for simple and rapid propagation, researchers contend.
Zero day Firefox memory corruption exploit found in the wild
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, FirefoxA Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Firefox exploit that leverages a previously unknown memory corruption vulnerability in the popular browser has turned up on a well-known exploit archive site.
IE8 security stops memory bypass attacks
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, SecurityWhen Mark Dowd and Alex Sotirov demonstrated a technique for bypassing Vista’s memory protections at Black Hat last year, the security community was stunned. Microsoft officials said at the time they were working on ways to defeat the pair’s attack and now that protection has arrived, in the form of Internet Explorer 8.
Time to disable Windows autorun?
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilitiesworried about Windows autorun exploits, security company Panda has come up with a utility that turns the function off. There is, of course, a manual way to do this by delving into the registry using Regedit, but this seems simpler and less fraught with unwanted side effects.







