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Old 07-24-2006, 05:51 PM   #1
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Internet Drive By Shootings

Internet Drive By Shootings

Web browser flaws are nothing new, but the professional crooks are finding new ways to combine these flaws into a system for turning a quick profit. This post describes an example of how one web site is combining system fingerprinting, browser vulnerabilities, email spam, fake web forums, and buggy PHP applications into an automated malware installation system.

If you would like to test your system to see if it is vulnerable to these attacks, please visit the Metasploit Browser Assessment web page.

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