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Emerging Information Security Threats
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DNS rebinding attack
08 Apr 2008
WORD - DNS rebinding is an exploit in which the attacker uses JavaScript in a malicious Web page to gain control of the victim's router. The attack works on widely-used routers such as D-Link and Linksys and could, in fact, ...
JavaScript hijacking
20 Jun 2007
WORD - JavaScript hijacking is a technique that an attacker can use to masquerade as a valid user and read sensitive data from a vulnerable Web application, particularly one using Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). Nearly all ...
polymorphic malware
15 Apr 2007
WORD - Polymorphic malware is harmful, destructive or intrusive computer software such as a virus, worm, Trojan or spyware that constantly changes ("morphs"), making it difficult to detect with anti-malware programs. Evolution of ...
drive-by pharming
22 Feb 2007
WORD - Drive-by pharming is a vulnerability exploit in which the attacker takes advantage of an inadequately protected broadband router to gain access to user data. Symantec developed the technique, in conjunction with Indiana ...
man in the browser
05 Aug 2006
WORD - Man in the browser is a security attack where the perpetrator installs a Trojan horse on a victim's computer that's capable of modifying that user's Web transactions as they occur in real time. According to security expert ...
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