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Twitter Bio:: Cybercrime Researcher, Security Blogger at CBS Interactive's ZDNet.com, Security Blogger at Webroot Inc.
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117,000 unique U.S visitors offered for malware conversion

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In 2012 it’s becoming increasingly common for cybercriminals to apply basic quality assurance (QA) tactics to their campaigns. Next to QA, they also emphasize on campaign optimization strategies allowing them to harness the full potential of the malicious campaign.

Recently, I came across to an underground forum advertisement selling access to 117,000 unique U.S visitors — stats gathered over

Winamp 5.63 fixes four critical security vulnerabilities

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As originally reported in Winampâs release announcement, version 5.63 fixes four critical security vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code. For the exploitation to take place, a user running an outdated version of Winamp, would have to open a specially crafted . AVI video file.

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