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New Flash exploit used to distribute credential-stealing malware
2014-02-05 21:06:04| InfoWorld: Top News
A new exploit that prompted Adobe to release an emergency patch for Flash Player was used in targeted attacks that distributed malware designed to steal log-in credentials for email and other online services, according to researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
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OpenSuse forums hack raises vBulletin zero-day exploit possibility
2014-01-09 14:47:12| InfoWorld: Top News
A compromise of the community forums for the OpenSuse Linux distribution Tuesday sparked concern that hackers have access to a previously unknown exploit for the popular vBulletin Internet forum software. The attack resulted in hackers replacing some pages on the forums.opensuse.org website and gaining access to the site's user database. The forums had almost 80,000 registered members at the time of the compromise.
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4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers Captured By API Exploit
2014-01-01 11:01:42| Wireless - Topix.net
Anonymous hackers have claimed to use the reported Snapchat API exploit to compile a database of 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and their associated phone numbers and geographical regions.
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Blackhole Exploit Kit creator 'Paunch' in custody, Russian police confirm
2013-12-09 15:37:10| InfoWorld: Top News
The first photograph shows a slightly overweight young man standing in front of a white Porsche Cayenne, cigarette in hand, expression uneasy. In a second he appears to be reading a charge sheet as a masked military policeman in black stands guard in the background. Could this confused-looking individual really be the creator of one of the most successful and feared cyber crime tools of all time?
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Cyber criminals target Silverlight users with new exploit kit
2013-11-15 00:35:00| InfoWorld: Top News
The creators of a Web-based attack tool called Angler Exploit Kit have added an exploit for a known vulnerability in Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in to the tool's arsenal. Exploit kits are essentially malicious Web applications that check if visitors run outdated software on their computers and then exploit vulnerabilities in that software to install malware. They usually target popular applications that are accessible through browser plug-ins, such as Java, Flash Player, and Adobe Reader.
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