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Security firms said code to exploit the loopholes had been recently added to the popular Blackhole crimeware kit.
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Vixie's revenge is the Realtime Blackhole List, a compilation of Internet Protocol addresses determined by MAPS to be spammers'.
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The Realtime Blackhole List blocks trash e-mail going to about 20, 000 ISPs, corporations and individuals with servers, 40% of all e-mail addresses.
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"Facebook should now be called The Information Blackhole, " one Consumerist commenter proclaimed.
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Before its Thursday patch, an exploit that took advantage of the Java security flaws had been included in the widely used Blackhole cybercriminal software kit as well as the Metasploit penetration testing toolset.
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Another tip to keep your system Blackhole free is to make sure that your browser and all browser plugins are up-to-date, and that you have installed all updates for your operating system both Windows and OS X.
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Both PCs were then set to visit a hundred randomly selected websites that were known to host malware such as the Blackhole exploit kit, as well as Flash, Java and PDF exploits, redirects or download link to malware, and other malicious content.
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The top three credit ratings agencies have been warning of debt in both the UK and the US since late 2008, when both governments radically increased spending to keep their economies from falling deeper into the blackhole left by the credit crisis.
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Both exploits take advantage of the Blackhole exploit kit, an off-the-shelf hacking tool that was updated last month to prey on the Java vulnerability, such that users who run the Java plug-in can have their PC entirely compromised via their browser when they visit an infected site.
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Neither Blackhole or Zeus are new malware (although the authors of Blackhole do use complex tricks to try to get past security software), so any good, up-to-date antivirus program such as the free Microsoft Security Essentials tool will be able to detect, prevent installation, and even remove these nasties.
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