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Analyzing Network Traffic to Detect Self-Decrypting Exploit Code

March 22, 2007 12:00am PDT

Remotely-launched software exploits are a common way for attackers to intrude into vulnerable computer systems. As detection techniques improve, remote exploitation techniques are also evolving....

Provided by: North Carolina State University

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Protecting Web Services From Remote Exploit Code: A Static Analysis Approach

April 25, 2008 12:00am PDT

This paper proposes STILL, a real-time, out-of-the-box, signature-free, remote exploit binary code injection attack blocker to protect web servers. STILL is motivated by an important observation...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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On Distributed Scheduling in Wireless Networks Exploiting Broadcast and Network Coding

April 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors consider cross-layer optimization in wireless networks with wireless broadcast advantage, focusing on the problem of distributed scheduling of broadcast links. The...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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Code Diffs for DNS Exploit Code

July 23, 2008 11:18pm PDT

Diffs between revisions of the exploit code released by HDM and |)ruid. Generated by Billy Rios.

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Critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word 2000, 2002 discovered

October 10, 2007 8:12am PDT

A new remote code-execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been found. It can be triggered simply by opening a malicious Word file. A successful exploit would allow an attacker to execute...

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A Data Mining Technique to Detect Remote Exploits

December 20, 2007 12:00am PST

This paper designed and implemented DExtor, a Data Mining based Exploit code detector, to protect network services. The main assumption of the work is that normal traffic into the network services...

Provided by: Iowa State University

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ExploitHub: NSS Labs' radical way to check for vulnerabilities

September 27, 2010 7:00am PDT

Wouldn't using actual exploit code be the best way to determine if your systems are vulnerable? NSS Labs thinks so. Learn how they are making that possible.

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Tech Tip: Why attempts to exploit the Linux kernel failed

April 9, 2004 2:27pm PDT

The availability of Linux code makes it ripe for hacker exploits. But getting that code back into the master copy of Linux is a pretty big undertaking.

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Security News Roundup: New vulnerabilities discovered right after Patch Tuesday

December 11, 2008 11:59pm PST

This week's security events include news of a security vulnerability found in MS SQL Server 2000, scammers exploiting older versions of Asterisk VoIP systems to make unauthorized calls, a project...

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CA patches multiple vulnerabilities in BrightStor ARCserve Backup

October 13, 2007 8:15pm PDT

CA has released patches for its flagship BrightStor ARCserve Backup backup solution that addresses multiple remotely exploitable critical vulnerabilities. A remote attacker can cause a denial of...

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Multiple vulnerabilities reported for Solaris X Font Server

October 11, 2007 10:13am PDT

Sun has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris, which can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary code and compromise a vulnerable server.

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Serious AIM flaw allows remote code execution without user interaction

October 2, 2007 11:18am PDT

vnunet.com has a report on a serious new AIM vulnerability that could allow remote code execution via instant messaging alone. No user interaction is necessary for the exploit to be successful.

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Anatomy of an animated cursor attack

April 6, 2007 11:10am PDT

Earlier this week, Microsoft shipped an emergency out-of-band patch to block zero-day attacks against a code execution hole in the way Windows handles animated cursor (.ani) files. This gallery...

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Buffer Overflows still an issue

February 10, 2006 11:48am PST

Developers are saying they've heard enough about buffer overflows and they knwo how to prevent them. Ok, then why are we still seeing them? There is still unmanaged code out there, and we still...

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Use Metasploit Framework to develop functional exploits faster and with less effort

June 15, 2007 12:00am PDT

The security tool Metasploit Framework (MSF) was the first open-source and freely available exploit development framework, and since 2003, it has grown to be one of the security community's most...

Provided by: Syngress

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Microsoft users face two zero-day threats in a week

November 6, 2006 9:26pm PST

Microsoft has released two security advisories in the past week, confirming two separate ActiveX vulnerabilities. Exploit code is circulating for both threats, but Microsoft hasn't yet released...

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Proof-of-concept code published for flaw patched in MS06-025

June 26, 2006 8:33pm PDT

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 921923, which warns users that there's now proof-of-concept code available to exploit the Remote Access Connection Manager Service vulnerability addressed...

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Researcher faces jail for finding bugs

January 12, 2005 3:17pm PST

Frenchman who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in antivirus software allegedly violated copyright law.

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IE flaw threat hits the roof

January 10, 2005 2:29pm PST

Danger rating of three Internet Explorer flaws is raised to the highest level by Secunia after exploit code is published.

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Reap the benefits of design patterns in software development

April 1, 2004 8:00am PST

Proper use of design patterns in software development allows you to exploit previous experience with proven arrangements of objects, greatly increasing the efficiency of the coding process. Apply...

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