Spyware Security

Researchers from Microsoft recently unearthed exploits targeting the CVE-2010-0188 vulnerability.
On February 16, Adobe released a security advisory describing a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.X and 9.X. Once the vulnerability is exploited, attackers gain the capability to perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on affected systems. Doing so can cause applications and even systems to crash. [...]

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More Adobe Exploits in the Wild

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March 12th, 2010 | Tags: Exploit, Malware, Security | Category: Malware | Leave a comment

Hot on the heels of this month’s security bulletin, a new vulnerability exploit surfaces with a malware in tow. The new zero-day vulnerability, as described in a previous post, prompted Microsoft to release Security Advisory (981374) while investigations are still underway. This Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability exists due to an invalid pointer reference bug [...]

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New IE Zero-Day Exploit (CVE-2010-0806)

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March 11th, 2010 | Tags: Exploit, Malware, Security | Category: Malware | Leave a comment

The number of serious zero-day vulnerabilities and potential exploits discovered in recent days is higher than normal. This can enable cybercriminals to gain more leverage in their attacks, allowing them to target a considerably large number of users while these vulnerabilities remain unpatched.
As part of its regular Patch Tuesday schedule, Microsoft released two security fixes [...]

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Multiple Vendors Affected By New Vulnerabilities

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March 10th, 2010 | Tags: Exploit, Malware, Security | Category: Malware | Leave a comment

Today’s threat landscape is very complex. Cybercriminals use a wide range of threats to hijack people’s computers and to make money illegally. These threats include Trojans of many different kinds, worms, viruses and exploit code which is designed to enable malware to make use of vulnerabilities in the operating system or applications.

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March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Exploit, Malware, Trojan, Virus | Category: Viruses | Leave a comment