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Linux Malware targets WordPress and common Plugins

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: January 15, 2023
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  • Word Count: 337 words

Doctor Web has discovered a malicious Linux program that hacks websites based on a WordPress CMS. It exploits 30 vulnerabilities in a number of plugins and themes for this platform. If sites use outdated versions of such add-ons, lacking crucial fixes, the targeted webpages are injected with malicious JavaScripts. As a result, when users click on any area of an attacked page, they are redirected to other sites. What they can do? Upon their command, it is able to perform the following actions: ...

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Adobe releases beta version of sandboxed Flash for Firefox

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: February 7, 2012
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  • Word Count: 256 words

The H-Online: Adobe has released a public beta of a sandboxed version of its Flash plugin for Firefox in an effort to improve its security. The new “Protected Mode” for Flash, which has been in development for at least a year according to Adobe engineer Peleus Uhley, runs with restricted privileges and, to further limit its access to the system, can only access system resources through a broker. This should help intercept attackers trying to gain access to a system through malicious Flash files. ...

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Half of Corporate Adobe Reader Users Run Outdated Versions

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: August 10, 2011
  • Reading Time: 2 min
  • Word Count: 320 words

SOFTPEDIA: According to statistics gathered by cloud security provider Zscaler, 56.4% of enterprise users have out of date Adobe Reader plug-in versions inside their browsers. The company gathered statistics about browser plug-ins and presented the results in its “State of the Web” report [pdf] for the second quarter of 2011. “Nearly every browser is running some combination of plug-ins, add-ons or extensions. As with most software, older versions of plug-ins typically have more security vulnerabilities. This adds up to a tempting target for hackers,” the company warns. ...

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