Tag: malicious websites
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New SSL Issues = New SSL Attacks
You might remember the article I wrote a couple of weeks back regarding the then recently found vulnerabilities of SSL 3.0 (TLS 1.0). Well, things just got real. New Security Issues come to light with SSL 3.0 At the time, some researchers even went so far as to say that the vulnerability was only theoretical! [...]
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Shockwave Vulnerability Directs Users to Malicious Websites
Researchers at VUPEN have discovered four major vulnerabilities and one minor in the Adobe Shockwave Player. The vulnerabilities are present in version 11.5.1.601 and those predating it. Adobe Shockwave is installed on over 450 million client systems world-wide. The most problematic of the vulnerabilities can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands when a visitor views [...]
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New Security Issues come to light with SSL 3.0
New SSL Security Issues: A vulnerability allowing hijacking of an already connected SSL 3.0 (TLS 1.0) sessions has been disclosed. SSL technology provides an end-to-end secure communications tunnel used most commonly by the HTTPS protocol. This, most recent, vulnerability allows an attacker to insert text of their choice into the data-stream, even after the secure [...]
