Infection vectors are methods and channels used by attackers to infect computer systems.
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How content-type:image can lead to infected JAR file?
Symantec published a news about a malvertising campaign targeting IE users with Java exploits (already known vulnerabilities). At some point they explain that the users are redirected on malicious ...
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What are the most common infection vectors for personal computers?
We have OWASP to tell us about common security vulnerabilities in webapps and such, but what are the most common infection vectors for personal computers?
A few example vectors:
Social engineering ...
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Can a batch file download a file to infect a computer?
Is it possible to write a batch script that can download some code from the web and infect a computer? Can you explain it briefly?
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Malware or buggy software gives Low Disk Space warning
Since a few days, I am getting an alert that in my c drive disk space is low. When I verified, free space in my c drive was decreasing hour by hour and there was a stage when it simply said that 0 mb ...
