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Metasploit was created by H. D. Moore in 2003 as a portable network tool using Perl.By 2007, the Metasploit Framework had been completely rewritten in Ruby.On October 21, 2009, the Metasploit Project announced [4] that it had been acquired by Rapid7, a security company that provides unified vulnerability management solutions.
In computer security, a drive-by download is the unintended download of software, typically malicious software. The term "drive-by download" usually refers to a download which was authorized by a user without understanding what is being downloaded, such as in the case of a Trojan horse. In other cases, the term may simply refer to a download ...
The victim is redirected to the landing page of the exploit kit. The exploit kit determines which vulnerabilities are present, and which exploit to deploy against the target. The exploit is deployed. If successful, a payload of the attacker's choosing (i.e. malware) can then be deployed on the target. [1] [16]
Roblox (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ⓘ, ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. It was created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, and released to the public in 2006. As of August 2020, the platform has ...
The customer licenses the Blackhole exploit kit from the authors and specifies various options to customize the kit. A potential victim loads a compromised web page or opens a malicious link in a spammed email. The compromised web page or malicious link in the spammed email sends the user to a Blackhole exploit kit server's landing page.
Sub7, or SubSeven or Sub7Server, is a Trojan horse - more specifically a Remote Trojan Horse - program originally released in February 1999. [1] [2] [3]Because its typical use is to allow undetected and unauthorized access, Sub7 is usually described as a trojan horse by security experts.
Tabnabbing is a computer exploit and phishing attack, which persuades users to submit their login details and passwords to popular websites by impersonating those sites and convincing the user that the site is genuine.
Blue Pill is the codename for a rootkit based on x86 virtualization.Blue Pill originally required AMD-V (Pacifica) virtualization support, but was later ported to support Intel VT-x (Vanderpool) as well.