Confuse the enemy to conquer them’ is an old
time military doctrine. It’s about creating shock
and perplexity in opponent’s mind to induce a
momentary numbness and then ambush through, in that
split second. By the time they are back to their senses,
you have intruded deep into the enemy land. No one
knows this better than Virus writers!
Security experts from MicroWorld
Technologies inform that a new Exploit named ‘Exploit.JS.CVE-2006-1359.c’
is used by hackers to sneak into computers through
a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
‘Exploit.JS works by pushing an unexpected and
unrecognizable HTML element that crashes Internet
Explorer. Then the Exploit forces IE to execute a
malicious program to infiltrate into the computer.
Using this malware, hackers can remotely take over
PCs and even conquer large networks.
The vulnerability stems out from the way in which
Internet Explorer displays webpages that use unexpected
methods to call some HTML objects. Microsoft has already
identified this loophole and has released a patch
for the same.
“This Exploit is a focused hacking malware that
targets a specific vulnerability,” observes Govind
Rammurthy, CEO, MicroWorld
Technologies. “Many of these exploits can
provide a superuser-level access to information systems.
This way, an attacker can steal and manipulate business
critical information of large enterprises.”
There are two major classifications among Exploits.
One is 'remote Exploit' that works over a network
or the Internet to zero in on a specific vulnerability
of an application. Two, a local Exploit that requires
prior access to the system, where it works by gradually
increasing the privileges of the attacker within.
“Hackers work tirelessly to find out new vulnerabilities
all time. A sophisticated Exploit can sneak through
an otherwise perfectly secure application by forcing
errors. The most effective defense against such attacks
will be a consistent RealTime protection, where every
file movement in and out of the system is monitored,”
points out Govind Rammurthy.
MicroWorld
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) are the developers of the world's first Real-Time
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is the first comprehensive e-mail scanner for your
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powering them to several certifications and awards
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