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Windows XP zero day gives attackers a way around Adobe Sandbox
2013-12-02 14:37:41| InfoWorld: Top News
A new zero day flaw in Windows XP and Server 2003 is being exploited in the wild to bypass the sandbox on unpatched versions of Adobe Reader, security firm FireEye has reported. According to the firm's analysis, the vulnerability allows for a standard user running XP SP3 to elevate privileges to admin level, allowing a targeted attack on users running Reader versions 9.5.4, 10.1.6, 11.0.02 and before using a malicious PDF.
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LinkedIn's Intro tool for iPhones could be a juicy target for attackers
2013-10-28 12:46:31| InfoWorld: Top News
Some people think a lot can go wrong if you have your emails pass through LinkedIn's servers with the company's new Intro technology.
Russia: Putin compares Greenpeace with Kenya attackers
2013-09-25 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has drawn parallels with Greenpeace activists apprehended for boarding an Arctic oil rig and the attacks by jihadist group al Shabaab on a Kenyan mall that left 67 people dead. In comments on Wednesday, he said the group were "obviously" not pirates despite Russian authorities saying yesterday that they planned to charge the activists with piracy. He also defended the detention, saying coastguard officers had no way of knowing who they were. Two members...
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DDoS Attackers Change Their Game Plans
2013-08-06 02:53:15| TechNewsWorld
DDoS attacks have long been a weapon of Internet dissidents to punish those they disagree with, while cybercriminals use them to create a digital smoke screen to hide their misdeeds. DDoS attackers typically flood a website with traffic, denying legitimate users access to the server. That tactic still works, but the firepower needed to launch an effective attack is steadily increasing.
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Attackers turning to legit cloud services firms to plant malware
2013-08-02 23:27:31| InfoWorld: Top News
Malware writers are ramping up their use of commercial file hosting sites and cloud services to distribute malware programs, security researchers said at this week's Black Hat conference here. Traditionally, malware writers had distributed their malicious code from their own sites.
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