The thing about this is that one malware creates a link of event which ultimately leads a system to be infected with a number of other malwares. From one malware the execution goes to another one until the flow is finished, which by this time the system is already infected with anything that comes up…
Read MoreMixed threats are becoming more and more common nowadays. Most of the times, users don’t even know what hit them until it’s too late. Just visit a site, which REALLY looks like a legitimate one by the way, and presto – you have your instant adwares, spywares, backdoors, trojans or even worms roaming free and…
Read MoreBrief HistoryDuring the first quarter of 2005, the advent of the family of mass-mailing bot-worms called MYTOBs gave rise to the vast proliferation of so-called BOT creators or groups that thrive on and make use of the modularity, functionality and “effectiveness” of the open-source codes. I will refer to the MYTOB open source as “Hellbot”…
Read MoreNew Vulnerabilities in Skype, a little program for making free calls over the internet, announced two vulnerabilities in its code. Read more about it here and here. So for Skype users out there, an updated version which addresses the vulnerabilities mentioned above is already uploaded in this site.
Read MoreAnother URL spoofing in at least two browsers has been discovered. It was first reported as a URLspoofing vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Subsequent discussions later revealed that Firefox is also vulnerable.To create such a bug, start off with a simple link tag: <a href=””> </a>Then within that tag, include an onClick() event. This event is…
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