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World Cup 2010 a great reason to send spam The high-profile tournament is currently being used as the subject of 4% of the world's spam emails.
The Storm botnet is back from the dead In 2008, one of the world's largest botnets faded away. Researchers have recently spotted it in the wild again.
iPad users tricked into downloading iTunes 'update' The update is advertised as being essential for using the iPad's full potential but is actually a Trojan.
1.5 million stolen Facebook credentials for sale--cheap According to VeriSign, around 1 in 300 Facebook user accounts could be acquired by malicious people to launch various online fraud campaigns.
Waledac Botnet Takedown A Success Three weeks after Microsoft took it down, Waledac "looks crippled, if not dead."
Microsoft and researchers take down major botnet Microsoft announced yesterday it had taken down 90% of the Waledac botnet with the help of researchers in German and Austrian Universities.
Facebook deemed the most risky social networking Web site, and by far According to a December 2009 survey, the most popular social network also beats its competitors when it comes to cyber threats.
'Bouncing Autonomous Botnets' to build on experience from 2009 Botnets have had their ups and downs in 2009, but according to experts at Symantec, the experience their creators have gathered this year should allow them to develop even more effective, adaptable code.
Michael Jackson Death Prompts Malicious Spam Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered spam emails offering recipients links to unpublished videos and pictures of singer Michael Jackson. According to news reports Michael Jackson's death was confirmed yesterday.
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[Symantec PCAnywhere] - Zero Day Initiative Advisory 12-018
symantec
Tipping Point
2012-01-25 22:15:26
Zero Day Initiative Advisory 12-018 - This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec PCAnywhere. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The flaw exists within the awhost32 component which is used when handling incoming connections. This process listens on TCP port 5631. When handling an authentication request the process copies the user supplied username unsafely to a fixed-length buffer of size 0x108. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM account.
D-Link WBR-1310 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
D-Link
Craig Heffner
2010-12-25 10:37:44
The WBR-1310 suffers from an authentication bypass vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to change administrative settings. Note that this vulnerability can be exploited via CSRF even if remote administration is disabled.
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