This tactic fails too often because criminals are adept at obfuscating their attack code, allowing their activity to remain undetected for long periods of time.
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Like most malware attacks, there are clues as to its origin - however security experts warn that any calling cards found within the attack's code could in fact be an attempt to throw investigators off the real scent.
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The average malware has about 175 lines of code, which can attack defense software using between 5 million and 10 million lines of code.
Today the United States Government raised the national threat level from an Elevated to High risk of terrorist attack - or from Code Yellow to Code Orange.
Also, client-side JavaScript encryption has its limitations since it would still be susceptible to a server-side code poisoning attack executed either through a man-in-the-middle attack or the service provider acting maliciously or subject to jurisdictional court order.
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This makes for an easy root, Alephzain writes, but leaves devices open to attack -- allowing Kernel code injections and RAM dumps from malware-laden apps from the Google Play store.
More than 10 million people thought to have accounts with Electronic Arts's (EA) Origin game store are at risk from a hack attack that swaps games for malicious code, researchers say.
Not if both sides are willing to attack the spending hidden in our tax code.
The latest attack is a so-called Trojan horse, code used to swipe information from compromised PCs, named Myfip.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, activities perceived to be contrary to the moral code of Islam have come under repeated attack, with alcohol shops targeted in Baghdad and other cities.
Either way, it goes on to state that any war must be backed by the UN and if any country (including another member state) does attack another then the other countries should group together and attack the offending country (the one breaking UN code).
This, in turn, allowed hackers to create code that took advantage of this flaw and attack systems.
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They have not been able to establish how exactly the hackers broke into the system, but believe it may have been through a so-called spear-phishing attack, where an employee clicked on an email or link containing malicious code.
South Korea's communication watchdog said the attacks were caused by malicious code, but it didn't have any evidence linking the attack to North Korea.
The 6, 000-patient study was designed to show that AtheroGenics' drug, known by the code name AGI-1067, decreased the risk not only of heart attack, stroke and death but also of less important heart problems, including stent procedures, bypass surgery and chest pain.
Malicious hackers wanting to try to identify and exploit flaws in the code in order to blackmail the company are another possibility. (Some reports said the attack originated in St Petersburg, and suggested that the Russian mafia may have been involved.) And there is always the chance that some 15-year-old whizz-kid did it all for fun or to impress his friends.
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