British hacker Stephen Tomkinson has found two Blu-Ray-borne attacks.His first exploit relies on a poor Java implementation in a product called PowerDVD from CyberLink. PowerDVD plays DVDs on PCs and... read more
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Microsoft Software Flaws Increase Sharply But Majority Affect IE
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2015-01-12 01:08
A new report by security vendor ESET holds mixed news for enterprises running on Microsoft technology.
New zero-day bug targets IE users in drive-by attack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-11-12 00:44
A pair of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer are currently being exploited in the wild to install malware on computers that visit at least one malicious Web site, security researches warn.
The classic drive-by download attack targets the English versions of IE 7 and 8 in Windows XP and IE 8 on Windows 7, security firm FireEye warned in a company blog post Friday. However, the security researcher wrote that its analysis indicated that other languages and browser version could be at risk.
New zero-day bug targets IE users in drive-by attack
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-11-11 01:45
A pair of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer currently being exploited in the wild to install malware on computers that visit at least one malicious Web site, security researches warn.
The classic drive-by download attack targets the English versions of IE 7 and 8 in Windows XP and IE 8 on Windows 7, security firm FireEye warned in a company blog post Friday. However, the security researcher wrote that its analysis indicated that other languages and browser version could be at risk.
IE8 Exploit Had US Nuke Workers in Its Sights
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-05-07 00:34
A zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 let hackers compromise a U.S. Department of Labor website linked to a database used by former Energy Department employees who had worked with nuclear weapons or uranium. That database was also used by Labor Department claims examiners.
Security firm Invincea, which reported the attack, has advanced the possibility that the hackers were compromising one U.S. government department in order to attack another.
Microsoft confirms exploit in Internet Explorer 8
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-05-06 01:17
Internet Explorer 8 is still the most-used version of Microsoft's web browser family, according to data from Net Applications. Late Friday, Microsoft posted word that it had discovered an exploit in the browser but noted the issue issue does not appear to affect any other versions.