Adobe plans to issue Acrobat Reader ‘security update’ next week
By Dancho Danchev
According to the latest prenotification security advisory from Adobe, next week, the company plans to issue a ‘security update’ for Adobe Reader X (10.1.2) running on Windows, Linux and Macintosh.
Adobe’s products are under permanent fire from malicious cybercriminals, exploiting known vulnerabilities in Adobe’s products, who succeed, primarily relying on the fact that end and corporate users are not patching in a timely manner.
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| Tags: Acrobat Reader, adobe, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Exploits, patches, security, vulnerabilities |
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Google’s Chrome patches 12 ‘high risk’ security vulnerabilities
By Dancho Danchev
Yesterday, Google updated its Chrome browser to 18.0.1025.151 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.
Next to patching multiple usability bugs, the latest update has also patched numerous vulnerabilities reported through Google’s security bugs bounty program.
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Posted in Exploits, Google Chrome
| Tags: Bug Bounty, Exploits, Google Chrome, Google Inc, security, Security Flaws, Security Vulnerabiities, vulnerabilities |
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New underground service offers access to hundreds of hacked PCs
By Dancho Danchev
Want to buy anonymous access to hacked PCs, spam-free SMTP servers (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or compromised bank accounts?
A newly launched underground Web service, is currently offering access to hundreds of hacked PCs, SMTP servers, and hacked bank accounts.
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Posted in Downloaders, Keyloggers, malware, Passwords, Threat Research, Trojans
| Tags: Bank Accounts, cybercrime, Hacked, Hacking, Identity Theft, Malicious Software, malware, security, SMTP, social engineering |
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Spamvertised ‘US Airways’ themed emails serving client-side exploits and malware
By Dancho Danchev
Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising yet another social-engineering driven malicious email campaign, this time impersonating U.S Airways.
Upon clicking on the malicious links found in the emails, end and corporate users are exposed to client-side exploits courtesy of the BlackHole web malware exploitation kit.
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| Tags: Client-Side Exploits, cybercrime, Email Campaign, Exploits, Malicious Software, malware, security, Spam Campaign, Spamvertising, vulnerabilities |
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Email hacking for hire going mainstream – part two
By Dancho Danchev
Remember the email hacking for hire service which Webroot extensively profiled in this post “Email hacking for hire going mainstream“?
Recently, I stumbled upon another such service, advertised at cybercrime-friendly web forums, offering potential customers the opportunity to hack a particular Mail.ru and Gmail.com email address, using a variety of techniques, such as brute-forcing, phishing, XSS vulnerabilities and social engineering.
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Posted in Passwords, phishing, social engineering, spam
| Tags: Bruteforcing, cybercrime, email, Email Hacking, security, social engineering, XSS |
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Adobe patches critical security flaws, introduces auto-updating mechanism
By Dancho Danchev
Last week Adobe released the APSB12-17 Flash Player update. The update patches two critical security flaws — CVE-2012-0772 and CVE-2012-0773 – in the Adobe Flash player, and also, for the first time ever, introduces auto-patching mechanism. The update affects the following operating systems - Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris.
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Spamvertised ‘Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet’ emails lead to client-side exploits and malware
By Dancho Danchev
Security researchers from Webroot have intercepted a currently spamvertised malicious campaign, impersonating Hewlett Packard, and enticing end and corporate users into downloading and viewing a malicious .htm attachment.
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