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BLADE: An Attack-Agnostic Approach for Preventing Drive-By Malware Infections

BLADE: An Attack-Agnostic Approach for Preventing Drive-By Malware Infections

Web-based surreptitious malware infections (i.e., drive-by downloads) have become the primary method used to deliver malicious software... Read more

8 October, 2010

Microsoft flags malware that poses as police

...four languages: English, Spanish, German, and Dutch." The malware is delivered by drive-by downloads — websites that invisibly poison a user's computer â... Read more

19 December, 2011

IE9 gets security fixes and new 'About' box

...Security enhancements to stop drive-by downloads and a tweak to make 'About Internet Explorer' more helpful... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt
Malvertisements: Who should kill them off?

Malvertisements: Who should kill them off?

...to be carrying malvertisements, designed to invisibly and automatically infect visitors through drive-by downloads. Once infected, a PC is compromised in a number of... Read more

7 May, 2011 by Rik Ferguson

Google adds protection against malicious Windows apps

...years to identify potential pitfalls for users, such as infected websites and drive-by downloads. Chrome users downloading malicious Windows executables can now expect pop... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Darren Pauli

Dutch police take down Bredolab botnet

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the suspected mastermind and seized the servers behind the malware-spamming botnet, which was built in layers 'like an onion' for protection Read more

26 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

GCHQ: Government systems see thousands of attacks

...under persistent cyberattack, according to signals intelligence agency GCHQ. Worm attacks and drive-by downloads have disrupted UK systems, and government agencies are hit by... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Zeus attack nets £675,000 from UK bank customers

...20 percent. In the case uncovered by M86, computers became infected via drive-by downloads — the malicious equivalent of a cookie — from advertising sites, according... Read more

11 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Met Police: UK botnet command server taken out

...penetrate specific companies and steal information, he said. The criminals mainly used drive-by downloads — or malware hosted on compromised websites — to infect the compromised... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Dynamic DNS - A Survey of the Abuse Mechanisms Affecting It and the Growing Problem for Network Defenders Defending Against Them

Dynamic DNS - A Survey of the Abuse Mechanisms Affecting It and the Growing Problem for Network Defenders Defending Against Them

...Control, (C&C), Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Attacks, (Operation Aurora, RSA etc.), Drive-by downloads, Exploit Pack utilisation and varied Phishing activities. The attribution of... Read more

5 July, 2011
Computer Security and Machine Learning: Worst Enemies or Best Friends?

Computer Security and Machine Learning: Worst Enemies or Best Friends?

...a plethora of security threats, ranging from classic computer worms to involved drive-by downloads and bot networks. In the last years these threats have... Read more

27 June, 2011
EasyMalwareBlocker Home 4.0.1

EasyMalwareBlocker Home 4.0.1

...any kind of malware from clandestinely installing itself while surfing the Internet (drive-by downloads) so they can NOT be written on the Hard Disc... Read more

8 June, 2011
LuxoShield Spyware Eliminator with Antivirus 2011 4.201

LuxoShield Spyware Eliminator with Antivirus 2011 4.201

...adware causing pop-up ads, viruses, phishing attacks, hijackers, rootkits, Trojans, bots, drive-by downloads, rogue programs, keyloggers, and much more. True Real-time Protection... Read more

9 March, 2011
Security Intelligence Report Video Series - Christian Seifert

Security Intelligence Report Video Series - Christian Seifert

...how his team identifies and protects against online security threats, such as drive-by downloads. The speaker explains in-depth how drive-by downloads occur... Read more

13 December, 2010
Cujo: Efficient Detection and Prevention of Drive-by-Download Attacks

Cujo: Efficient Detection and Prevention of Drive-by-Download Attacks

...in enhancing web applications, however, JavaScript provides the basis for so-called drive-by downloads - attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in web browsers and their extensions for... Read more

10 December, 2010

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