Security researchers at Symantec today confirmed that exploits of an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability targeted defense contractors, among other businesses. “We’ve seen [this targeting] people at telecommunications, manufacturing, computer hardware and chemical companies, as well as those in the defense sector,” said Joshua Talbot, senior security manager in Symantec’s security…
Microsoft say hackers launch millions of Java exploits
Hackers continue to launch attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle’s Java software in record numbers, Microsoft announced earlier this week. Citing research from a recent report, Tim Rains, a director in the company’s Trustworthy Computing group, said that up to half of all attacks detected and blocked by Microsoft’s security software…
Update: Duqu exploits zero-day flaw in Windows kernel
Computerworld – The Duqu trojan infects systems by exploiting a previously unknown Windows kernel vulnerability that is remotely executable, security vendor Symantec said today. Symantec said in a blog post that CrySys, the Hungarian research firm that discovered the Duqu Trojan earlier this month, has identified a dropper file that…
Phoenix Exploit’s Kit 2.8 mini version
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Zero-day exploits rarely used by criminals, Microsoft finds
Software exploits, including zero-day attacks, appear to play a much smaller part in malware infections than previously thought, Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report (SIRv11) has found. The vast majority of malware infections detected by the company’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) for the first half of 2011 depended either on…
NSS Labs offers cash bounty for new white hat exploits
NSS Labs is sweetening the pot for its ExploitHub marketplace by offering rewards to security gurus who can write working exploits for a dozen “high-value” vulnerabilities. The company, which has set aside $4,400 in reward money, plans to give $100 to $500 to the first people to submit a working…
