Posts Tagged ‘Internet Explorer’

Google attack highlights ‘zero-day’ black market

Filed in Information Security on Feb.01, 2010

Image by Laughing Squid via Flickr
By Jordan Robertson, AP
The recent hacking attack that prompted Google’s threat to leave China is underscoring the heightened dangers of previously undisclosed computer security flaws — and renewing debate over buying and selling information about them in the black market.
Because no fix was available, the linchpin in the attack was [...]

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Harmful Spyware and their stealthier means

Filed in Information Security, Malware on Nov.17, 2008

Spyware is utilized to gather information about a person with or without their consent and it intercept or record personal/financial information. Some spyware are capable of sending information back to another computer (originator of the spyware).
Characteristic of Spyware
• Compromise user machine without their knowledge
• Use vulnerabilities in the software to push a spyware code on [...]

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