Web Security

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Baldr – Information Stealing Malware

Baldr is the name of a new family of information-stealing malware. Its authors first introduced it to cybercriminal circles in January, and about a month later, Microsoft’s security team reported that they have seen it in the wild. Bill Gates’ specialists said that the stealer is ‘highly obfuscated’ which usually suggests that someone has put […]

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RIDL (Rogue In Flight Data Load)

RIDL stands for Rogue In-Flight Data Load. RIDL is also known to use MFBDS in addition to MLPDS to acquire data. Attackers can execute code using cloud resources, malicious websites or advertisements and can steal data by breaking any security barriers. RIDL (Rogue In-Flight Data Load) shows attackers can exploit MDS vulnerabilities to mount practical

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Adwind: Malware-as-a-Service Platform

Java/Adwind is typically spread as an executable file attached to spam email messages. When the file attachment is launched, the archive file drops malicious components onto the system, then continues to run in the background. On a Windows machine, the components are dropped to the %AppData% folder. When running in the background, the Adwind archive

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Nasty Malware

CryptoLocker, a new and nasty piece of malicious software is infecting computers around the world – encrypting important files and demanding a ransom to unlock them. According to Sophos, the worldwide digital security company, it’s been hitting pretty hard for the past six weeks or so. “It systematically hunts down every one of your personal

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An Independent security researcher found a way to hack any Instagram account in just 10 minutes

Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction from the targeted users.

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