Web attacks that target the clipboard

There’s now an attack that hijacks the clipboard where copied text is stored. It puts a difficult to remove weblink into the clipboard that, if clicked on, gets you to a website selling fake security software. The code inserting the link has been found in flash-based advertisements seen on many legitimate websites. The attack has hit both Windows and Mac versions of Mozilla Firefox web browser.

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Written by pinolobu on August 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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DNS cache poisoning vulnerability worse than feared

The BBC reported on 7th August that Dan Kaminsky said that the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability is worse than initially feared. Kaminsky is the man who found the bug.

He said fixes for the bug in DNSes had focused on web browsers but it could be abused by hackers in many other ways. Hence, every network is at risk.

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Written by pinolobu on August 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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