Thursday, March 26th, 2015
DLL hijacking is an attack that makes applications load malicious dynamic link libraries instead of the intended -- clean and legit -- library on a Windows system.
Programs that don't specify paths to libraries are vulnerable to DLL hijacking as Windows uses a priority based search order in this case to ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
A vulnerability in fully patched versions of Internet Explorer allows attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicious content into users' browsing sessions. Microsoft officials said they're working on a fix for the bug, which works successfully on IE 11 running on both Windows 7 and 8.1.
The vulnerability is known ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2015
The new version of Microsoft's Autoruns (version 13 - released last week) integrates the VirusTotal API for quick analysis and verification of unknown and questionable processes. After running the program, just right-click on any entry and select Check VirusTotal:
You will need to accept VirusTotal's Terms of Service by clicking Yes:
Once ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Remember when we discussed how passwords were dead? If you needed more proof that this is true, the bad guys have you covered with a new piece of malware that turned up in the wild.
SecureWorks, the security arm of Dell, has discovered the new piece of malware dubbed "Skeleton Key." ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2015
We installed the top 10 apps from Download.com, and you’ll never believe what happened! Well… I guess maybe you might have a good guess. Awful things. Awful things are what happens. Join us for the fun!
We’ve been railing against freeware download recommendations for years, and recently we taught you how ...
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