Tag Archives: Blackhole Kit

Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Bug & 15 Other Flaws

July 10, 2012
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Microsoft today issued a security patch to fix a zero-day vulnerability in Windows that hackers have been exploiting to break into vulnerable systems. The company also addressed at least 15 other flaws in its software, and urged customers to quit using the desktop Sidebar and Gadget capabilities offered in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

‘Weyland-Yutani’ Crime Kit Targets Macs for Bots

May 2, 2011
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A new crimeware kit for sale on the criminal underground makes it a simple point-and-click exercise to develop malicious software designed to turn Mac OSX computers into bots. According to the vendor of this kit, it is somewhat interchangeable with existing crimeware kits made to attack Windows-based PCs.