A team of academics and researchers has developed a technique called selfrando that it says can defend against attacks that unmask users of the Tor Network.
Tag Archives: Firefox
Firefox 47 Fixes 13 Vulnerabilities, Removes Click-To-Activate Plugin Whitelist
Mozilla fixed 13 security issues, including two critical vulnerabilities that could have led to spoofing and clickjacking, among other issues, when it updated Firefox to the latest build, Firefox 47, this week.
Motion Filed Asking FBI To Disclose Tor Browser Zero Day
Mozilla filed a motion asking the courts to compel the government to turn over details on a zero-day vulnerability in the Tor Browser used to hack visitors to a child pornography website.
Outdated, Unpatched Software Rampant in Businesses
A Duo Labs report reveals the dangers of unpatched and outdated software used in business world.
Firefox 46 Patches Critical Memory Vulnerabilities
Mozilla released Firefox 46, which includes patches for one critical and four high-severity vulnerabilities, all of which can lead to remote code execution.
Firefox 45 Fixes 40 Vulnerabilities, 22 Critical
Mozilla released a new version of Firefox on Tuesday, fixing 40 vulnerabilities across the browser.
Mozilla Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Firefox 44
Mozilla has patched a number of critical vulnerabilities in Firefox 44 and Firefox Extended Release 38.6, which were released this week.
Mozilla Warns of SHA-1 Deprecation Side Effects
Mozilla warns Firefox users that the browser’s rejection of new SHA-1 certificates is keeping some users behind security scanners and antivirus software from reaching HTTPS sites.
Mozilla Embraces Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox 42
Mozilla has pushed a feature in Firefox live that allows Firefox web browsers to block certain page elements while browsing privately.
Weather Forecast for Today? Advert Flood Coming from East
Despite blocking efforts, online advertising is a daily part of our lives. Most of us get used to the large volume of adverts displayed daily, but authors of malicious code are trying to push the limits much further nowadays via advert-injection techniques used in malware threats.
Spreading
In this post, we present a case study of one such malware that we detected via our AVG Identity Protection (IDP) component. Based on our telemetry, this infection is highly active and it is reaching its maximal peak. The most affected countries are the United States and Germany, followed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Behaviour of This Threat
The user infection starts while installing an application proclaimed by its authors as a “Weather Forecast Application”. However, once installed, this application silently downloads and installs other components that are purely malicious – this threat tries to infect all installed browsers and inject additional adverts in browser pages. It also periodically loads sets of adverts in the background without user notification. As a side-effect, it sacrifices security and performance of the infected systems for the purpose of making money via ad providers.
Detailed Analysis
Details about this threat are described in the following technical analysis.
You can also download the report now.
Stay Safe
AVG customers are protected against this threat via our multi-level protection in AVG Internet Security. If you’re not protected, you might want to check your systems using the indicators of compromise (IOC) listed in the aforementioned technical analysis.
