Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Researchers have uncovered evidence that the infamous Zeus login-stealing Trojan has been blended with the Ramnit worm to create hybrid malware that can attack online bank accounts while spreading across networks.
Security company Trusteer said it recently discovered a mutant version of Ramnit that appeared to be using a man-in-the-browser (MitB) ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Researchers have built a tool that automatically finds and exploits SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Web applications.
The so-called Ardilla tool uses a technique developed by the researchers -- MIT's Adam Kiezun, the University of Washington's Michael Ernst, Stanford's Philip Guo, and Syracuse University's Karthick Jayaraman -- that creates ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
According to IBM ISS X-Force findings, SQL injections last year became the most common Web-based attack technique. Hackers are successful with these attacks largely due to poor coding practices. The following are six ways organizations can start to mitigate the risk from SQL injections.
Slideshow:
http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Six-Steps-to-Stop-SQL-Injections-129263/
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Researchers at Websense have discovered a mass injection attack that is redirecting Web browsers to a malware-bearing site.
According to a weekend report by researchers at Websense, thousands of legitimate Web sites have been discovered to be injected with malicious Javascript, obfuscated code that leads to an active exploit site.
"The active ...
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Symantec's MessageLabs says the assumption most web-based malware originates from recently created, temporary, trashy adult sites is becoming an old-fashioned notion. Modern hackers are focusing on well-established, trusted websites they can compromise-sites users trust every day of the week.
According to data collected last week, 84.6 percent of website domains blocked ...
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