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VLC Player Vulnerable to Remote Hijack

2008-03-19 17:41:57 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
VLC Player, one of the best and most widely used media players has found to be vulnerable to a remote hijack. The reported vulnerability makes it possible for a malicious user to run arbitrary code, potentially taking remote control of the host machine
 
Tags: remote hijack, vlc player, arbitrary code, remote control, media players, host machine, malicious user, vulnerable, widely
 
 
 
 
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Malware Install Hides Behind Fake Blue Screen Of Death

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2008-07-09 18:42:24 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...hijack typically begins with the following file opened up from the web If the file is allowed to execute on the PC, depending on what files the bundle is rotating for download at the time of install you may well see the dreaded Blue Screen Of Death (or BSOD to its friends However, all is not what it seems. While the end-user is faced...
 
Tags: fake, death, blue, file, scr file, infection file installs, hijack files, hijack, death screensaver
 
 
 
 
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Where Computers and Biology Intersect What is Life?

2008-08-07 11:52:28 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...hijack its machinery for self-replication and theyre using this new discovery as evidence that a virus is alive The question whether biological viruses are forms of life has been debated, since they lack the respiratory and metabolic process of other accepted life forms. Naturally, different scientists have different reasons for opinions...
 
Tags: giant virus, virus, biological virus, sputnik, sputnik produce fewer, computer virus, life, mamavirus, mamavirus particles
 
 
 
 
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Banker Malware Targeting Brazilian Banks in the Wild

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2008-08-18 07:01:03 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...hijack the sessions of banks it hasn't originally be coded to target in general Banks targetted in this banker malware Bank Equifax Bank Itau Bank Check Bank Vivo Bank Banrisul Tim Bank Brazil Bank Nossa Caixa Bank Santander Banespa Bank Infoseg Bank Paypal Bank Caixa Economica Federal Bank Bradesco Bank Northeast Royal Bank Bank Itau...
 
Tags: banker malware, banker malware kit, kit, popular banker malware, malware, bank itau personnalite, bank itau, malware authors, russian malware authors
 
 
 
 
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Summarizing August's Threatscape

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2008-09-10 06:57:32 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...hijack other cybercriminal's Zeus botnet, private exploits targeting the still rather popular at least in respect to usefulness Pinch malware are leaking, allowing everyone including security researchers to take a peek at a particular campaign running unpatched Pinch gateway 05. Phishers Backdooring Phishing Pages to Scam One Another...
 
Tags: malware, facebook malware campaigns, usefulness pinch malware, banker malware kits, malware campaigns, botnet, diy botnet kit, distribute malware, banker malware
 
 
 
 
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Session Hijacking in Wireless Networks

2007-12-19 00:00:00 by Editor in Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers
 
Manmohan PV submits this paper that describes how one can hijack a session using several tools and how one could avaid this
 
Tags: session, avaid, tools, manmohan, describes, submits, paper, hijack
 
 
 
 
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Spammers hijack Microsoft site to push pill popping

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x84711bc in Network World on Security
 
Spammers have found another great place to hide spam URLs in plain sight - on Microsoft's Live SkyDrive file sharing service
 
Tags: hide spam urls, live skydrive file, plain sight, microsoft, spammers, service
 
 
 
 
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New Skype bug opens users to easy hijack, says researcher

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1a1a0 in Network World on Security
 
Skype plugged yet another critical vulnerability Thursday, but the researcher who reported the bug said that's not enough
 
Tags: critical vulnerability thursday, researcher, skype, bug
 
 
 
 
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The High Price of Things that are Free

2007-08-01 19:26:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...HiJack This, XP-AntiSpy, and X-Cleaner are some of the more popular free spyware and adware protection programs. Before trying out some other free spyware and adware protection program though, you should make sure of its legitimacy There are rogue spyware or malware that are disguised as security software. Before trying these out, you should...
 
Tags: free, adware protection, adware, free items, secure free spyware, adware protection programs, free programs, spyware, spyware programs
 
 
 
 
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