An emergency update was issued by Adobe today to solve a vulnerability problem with Flash player. This active exploit seems to be affecting most users of Internet Explorer. Adobe labeled the bug a “object confusion vulnerability” that can cause Flash player to crash and potentially allow[...]
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Flashback Botnet Infected Large Number of Macs
The Flashback malware exported via a Java exploit has already infected over 600,000 Mac computers. This new version of Flashback that appeared last fall differs from it’s previous version by relying on a Java flaw than social engineering trickery. Apple issued a Java update that addressed this[...]
Mac OS Trojan Through Microsoft Word File
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Office on Mac OS that infects computers with a remote access Trojan. A rogue e-mail which seems to be targeted at Tibetan activist organizations comes attached with a booby-trapped Word file. Once opened, a new Trojan is loaded that allows remote acce[...]
Chrome Extensions Gaining Unauthorized Access to Facebook
Some rogue browser extensions from the Chrome Web Store contain Tojans that can access your Facebook account. These malicious apps are advertised on Facebook claiming to be able to change the color of profile pages, tracking profile visitors or removing social media viruses. Once installed, attacke[...]
Malware in Your Memory via Java
Visitors of the Russian news sites www.ria.ru and www.gazeta.ru have received some tricky new malware. This Java-based attack injects malware files that hide in a computer’s memory making it very hard to detect. The attack itself wasn’t part of the actual website programming, but the b[...]
Malware Masked by DNS on the Rise
Experts at the RSA Conference 2012 on Tuesday stated that malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to rise. Attackers will often use channels like TCP, IRC, HTTP, Twitter feeds, Facebook walls and even YouTube comments to communicate with botnets that sprea[...]
New Strains of Mac Flashback Trojan
Intego recently discovered more strains of the Mac-based Flashback Trojan. The Trojan attempts to exploit a pair of Java vulnerabilities in sequence, which allows infection with no further user intervention. It infects your computer by being disguised as software that upon installation or opening of[...]
Waledac: The Password Stealing Malware
The spamming malware known as Waledec returns with password stealing abilities. Waledac can now also steal BitCoins, a form of online currency. This botnet was one of the top spam sources on the Internet until it got shut down by Microsoft in cooperation with other security vendors in March 2010. Th[...]
Zero-Day Flash Bug Patched
Adobe recently patched a Flash vulnerability that exploits a flaw in the Flash Player plug-in used by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The patch came in the form of a update with the following security advisory attached: “This update resolves a universal cross-site scripting vulnerability [...]
February 7th, 2012 - 4:27 pm § in Industry News, Security
Denial-of-Service Attacks Increased in Q4
According to reports from Prolexic and Arbor Networks, DDoS attacks rose by 45% during the fourth quarter of 2011 in comparisson to 2010. The average attack bandwidth registered in the fourth quarter of 2011 was 5.2G bps (bits per second), 148 percent higher than what it was during the third quarter[...]
