Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
Cracked.com, a humor website that is among the 300 most popular sites in the U.S., may have left visitors a sobering surprise this week.
According to Barracuda Labs, as of Sunday the website was compromised to host the Nuclear Pack exploit kit.
Daniel Peck, principal research scientist on the security team at Barracuda Labs, ...
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Friday, November 1st, 2013
Google is adding several security updates to its Chrome browser, including automatic malware blocking and the option to reset browser settings.
Newer, stealthier browser malware is released through things like free screensavers, video plug-ins, or fake security updates. It then hides, making it difficult for users to find and uninstall the ...
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Friday, October 25th, 2013
There's a big threat wiling around on the Internet right now: A particularly nasty piece of ransomware called Cryptolocker. Many, many organizations are being infected with this malware, but fortunately, there are surefire ways to avoid it and also ways to mitigate the damage without letting the lowlifes win.
What is ...
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Friday, October 25th, 2013
On Thursday, Google's Safe Browsing service began warning visitors to php.net that the website was discovered serving malware. Initially, most people and PHP maintainers thought that it was a false positive, but subsequent investigation confirmed that some of the project's servers did get compromised.
The hackers succeeded in injecting malicious JavaScript code (userprefs.js) ...
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Attack code that exploits a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has been publicly released.
Monday's release of a module for the Metasploit exploit framework used by security professionals and hackers could broaden the base of attackers who are capable of targeting the flaw. Until now, the bug ...
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