Media players have been coming under fire this year with discovered vulnerabilities and the spread of exploits targeting these holes. Another media player succumbs yet again: RealPlayer becomes playground to a new exploit. This exploit is hosted on a Web site and runs when the said site is accessed. Its main goal is to take…
Read MoreA new Trojan has managed to hijack Google text advertisements and replace them with possibly malicious ones. Detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_QHOST.GC, this Trojan modifies a computer’s HOSTS file to prevent users from connecting to page2.googlesyndication.co. This particular site directs to a server for advertisements enrolled to AdSense, the advertising service offered by Google….
Read MoreFor fans of Big Brother Brasil, the following spammed email message is tough to disregard: Jose Lopez Tello, Trend Micro Virus Coordinator in Latin America, says the page translates as: Exclusive Material The German guy tells, for the first time, how he got HIV. Since today, everything will be different for the German guy, not…
Read MoreMost of the threats that emerged in November were compromised Web sites. The degree of the Web threats encountered ranged from simple spoofed sites (which offered malware downloads in the guise of media players) to trusted and reputable ones (such as Monster.com, a popular employment and recruitment site for jobseekers). It’s amazing what an errant…
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