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Exploit for crashing Minecraft servers made public

After nearly two years of waiting for Mojang to fix a security vulnerability that can be used to crash Minecraft servers, programmer Ammar Askar has released a proof of …

Adobe fixes Flash Player zero-day exploited in the wild

Adobe released a new version of Flash Player (17.0.0.169) for Windows and Macintosh, and for Linux (11.2.202.457). These security updates fix a host of critical …

122 online forums compromised to redirect visitors to Fiesta exploit kit

Over a hundred forum websites have been compromised and injected with code that redirects users to sites hosting the Fiesta exploit kit, Cyphort researchers have found. These …

Large malvertising campaign linked to potentially compromised Google ad reseller

Dutch infosec firm Fox IT has spotted a lage scale malvertising campaign that seems to originate from Bulgarian Google ad reseller EngageLab. The first redirection has been …

WordPress sites compromised to redirect to Pirate Bay clone, exploit kit

Malwarebytes researchers have spotted another malware delivery campaign that uses compromised WordPress sites to redirect users to a page hosting an exploit kit. The total …

Xtube visitors redirected to exploit kit landing page

Popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit. “Unlike other attacks we have seen in recent times, this one does not …

Multifunctional Vawtrak malware now updated via favicons

The Vawtrak (aka Snifula) multifunctional malware has been around since mid-2013. Its information-stealing, backdoor and spying capabilities deservedly earned it the …

WordPress plugin used by millions sports critical site-hijacking flaw

Another popular Yoast WordPress plugin has been found sporting a critical vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to take over control of the site. A week ago it was …

Exploit kits in 2015: What can we expect?

Since 2006, when the earliest exploit kit (WebAttacker) was made available in the crimeware market, these hack toolkits have become one of the preferred ways for cybercrooks …

Angler exploit kit and domain shadowing: A deadly combination

Attackers wielding the infamous Angler exploit kit are increasingly using hijacked registrant accounts to create huge amounts of subdomains for both redirecting victims and …

Compromised cPanel “Account Suspended” pages redirect to exploit kit

All Internet users have, at least once in their lives, seen the following “Account Suspended” page: That’s because it’s part and parcel of cPanel, one …

Researchers create automated signature compiler for exploit detection

A trio of researchers from Microsoft and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have created Kizzle, a compiler for generating signatures for detecting exploit kits delivering …

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