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Cover Story : Internet Explorer zero day used in CFR cyber espionage

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Prashant

First of all, Happy New Year to our all readers! The past year witnessed major cyber attacks, that later turned out to be some state sponsored cyber attacks. An example of one such state sponsored attack was the Russians attacking … Continue reading →

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Quick utilities for malware analysis

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Prashant

Usually we carry out the analysis of malware under virtual environment or using sandbox. Malware analysis is quite helpful in detecting malicious file as well as the behavior and the attack vectors being used in the file. It’s dangerous to … Continue reading →

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0-Day exploit discovered by hacker in Hotmail

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Prashant

According to a news published at Whitec0de, a critical password reset and setup flaw in Microsoft’s Hotmail was discovered by a hacker hailing from Saudi Arabia. The details of the hack got leaked on an underground forum where the hacking … Continue reading →

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Microsoft RDP exploit code leaked

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Prashant

Microsoft patch process was once again beaten up as the exploit code for the vulnerability lying in the RDP (remote desktop) was leaked as confirmed by a source on twitter. According to a bulletin (CVE-2012-0002) released by Microsoft, a remote … Continue reading →

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After Stuxnet, its Duqu now!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Prashant

Artificial intelligence in the form of worms and malwares is the latest weapon in the cyber warfare. Few times back, we had seen how stuxnet had created havoc in Iran by affecting SCADA systems and damaging the nuclear program. Duqu … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 ROP mitigation bypassed

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Prashant

  All the people around are eagerly waiting for the release of Windows 8. Windows 7 had managed to get some success and populairty amongst windows lovers. Windows 8 offers a range of new protection mechanisms that are designed to … Continue reading →

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Common passwords to be banned by Hotmail

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Prashant

Ever used passwords such as “12345″ or “password123″. We think  you should wake up before its too late! In a move to prevent account hijackings and phishing attacks, Microsoft has announced its plan to prevent users of its Windows Live … Continue reading →

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IE8 flaw exploited in the wild

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Prashant

Security researchers from Symantec are warning of a recently patched critical flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser that is being exploited in the wild. According to Symantec security researcher Joji Hamada, Internet Explorer time element uninitialized memory remote code … Continue reading →

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Microsoft launches free Anti-virus

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Prashant

Microsoft has released Standalone System Sweeper software to enhance user’s security. It can also be used as a bootable recovery software, making it a must try software! The software can be used to identify and remove rootkits, as well as … Continue reading →

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Microsoft misguiding users over IE cookiejacking vulnerability

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Prashant

Last week at the hack in the box (HITB) security conference held in Amsterdam, Italian security researcher Rosario Valotta had given a demo on an attack that leverages a zero-day vulnerability in all Internet Explorer versions to steal session cookies. … Continue reading →

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