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Am I part of a botnet or hack? [closed]
(FYI: my network has been hacked before...see other thread).
I have 2 routers daisy-chained. Router #1 hosts Windows PCs and a VOIP box on subnet 172. Its LAN4 goes to WAN of Router#2, which serves ...
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History of RAT + Strange networking recently… was I hacked again? [closed]
(FYI, my PCs were infected and remote accessed in the past by a friend/stalker, & I’ve reinstalled the network few times already. Recently added Router#2 to double-NAT).
My network has 2 routers ...
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What are the security risks of pirating video or music?
In the case of pirating multimedia, be it video or music, which problems may be caused by the video or music file itself? Could a video or an audio file be used to spread malware?
I'm talking about ...
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what is the difference between virus, worm, trojan and other malware [closed]
Looking through the questions in IT security, I found out that there is no answer which cover this question in depth.
I am aware of the answer and just hope to see something detailed about:
main ...
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uninstall and reinstall after hacking [closed]
My computer has been hacked. If I uninstall and reinstall do I loose my files?
The facebook tech tried to sell me a number of pkgs ranged $149-$299 and told me that my account was hacked as was my ...
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Advice on what to do after being hacked?
After running a system scan earlier today, I found that my computer had been infected by a trojan horse. My reason for running the scan was because Windows kept shutting down and then recovering.
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Cufon or Prototype as an attack vector for Blackhole exploit kit?
I've been asked to look into the security of a client site that's apparently throwing antiviral messages when visited.
Specifics:
It's being detected as a Blackhole exploit kit inside of a Cufon ...
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3answers
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How to prevent my website from getting malware injection attacks?
I found that my website is banned as malware website by Google. When I checked the code, I found some code injected to many files on my server. I cleaned everything manually editing all files in my ...
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SNMP trap by legitimate program?
Is there any way to tell if this SNMP trap is something created by a legitimate program?
Update: Hex Dump
0000000: 30 82 00 ec 02 01 00 04 06 70 75 62 6c 69 63 a4 82 00 dd 06 82 00 09 2b 06 ...
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Why did I get unresponsive script when I start my system and open web browser? [closed]
The script on opening web broswersays Warning: Unresponsive Script
A script on this page may be busy,or it may have stopped responding.You can stop the script now,or you can continue to see if the ...
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What would happen if one of the popular Linux repositories is hacked?
Even though most people consider downloading your Linux software from you own distribution's repositories as safe, thinking about the scenario where a repository gets hacked sounds thrilling.
What ...
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In Metasploit, how to use a custom exe as payload?
Question was once on a mailing list but wasn't answered. I want to use a custom exe as a payload in metasploit. For example when I use exploit/multi/browser/java_atomicreferencearray and want to ...
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Where to find papers / information about spyware, tracking and cookie problems?
I am right now working on a problem and looking for some papers / information about spyware, tracking and cookie problems. I am no expert in that area, so I lack the knowledge where to find material ...
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Malware known to use port knocking to evade detection by network scanners?
Are there any known cases of malware in the wild that utilize port knocking on a backdoor to evade detection by network scanners?
