‘Blackhole’ attack tool spreads across the Internet
An online attack tool known as Blackhole has stormed onto the market in the first part of 2011 and is being used for large-scale attacks, according to experts. Security vendor AVG said in its latest quarterly security report that the…
One-fourth of SSL Websites at risk
More than a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force issued a security extension to the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for a flaw that affects servers, browsers, smart cards, and VPN products, as well as many lower-profile devices such…
New PDF exploit hiding technique tricks antivirus engines
Researchers from AVAST warn of a new technique used by PDF exploits to evade antivirus detection. It relies on encoding the malicious code as an image object. AVAST first encountered this technique in a malicious PDF file a month ago…