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Zero day in MSVIDCTL.DLL

Posted by Luis Corrons at  08 July 09 09:21     A couple of days ago we started spotting a new vulnerability affecting Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. Even though it's been said there are thousands of web sites affected, they are only a few dozens and most of them are in China: Anyway, it is a

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MS09-008. Does the patch work?

Posted by Luis Corrons at  14 March 09 01:47     The vulnerability MS09-008 affects the DNS server, more specifically WPAD (Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol) registration. This is a service that allows automatic configuration of proxy settings of the computers wihin a network without user intervention.

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Microsoft Updates for January

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  14 January 09 04:25     In the first security bulletin of the year 2009, MS09-001, Microsoft has published several critical updates which resolve 2 privately reported vulnerabilities and a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. If

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Sony's Home hacked

Posted by Luis Corrons at  19 December 08 01:37     It is not that someone has hacked Sony CEO's house, we are talking about the Sony Playstation Home: Home is a virtual world for PlayStation 3 users, where they can interact with other gamers, create their own avatars, etc. We've seen it here and

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So what's all this talk of Clickjacking?

Posted by Ryan Sherstobitoff at  30 September 08 07:30     So there has been a lot of talk recently about this new cross-browser vulnerability known as “Clickjacking”, but what is the potential impact of such a vulnerability to users abroad? Well essentially the exploit allows a hacker to take control

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VML, Viking and Lineage... Any further bids?

Posted by egonzalez at  20 October 06 05:12     We have been aware of a site hosting a page that exploits the VML vulnerability. Through this exploit, it downloads a W32/Viking variant. This Viking downloads several Trj/Lineage variants. And finally, these Lineage variants are responsible for gathering

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