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Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack

 
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:59 am    Post subject: Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack Reply with quote
Malicious
hackers are using booby-trapped Flash banner ads to hijack clipboards for
use in rogue security software attacks. In the Web attacks, which target Mac,
Windows and Linux users running Firefox, IE and Safari, hackers are seizing
control of the machine's clipboard and using a hard-to-delete URL that points to
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