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Similarly if a person is visiting a site with malicious content, the person may become victim to a drive-by download attack. That is, the malicious content may be able to exploit vulnerabilities in the browser or plugins to run malicious code without the user's knowledge. [3] A drive-by install (or installation) is a similar event.
A drive-by shooting is a type of assault that usually involves the perpetrator(s) firing a weapon from within a motor vehicle and then fleeing. [1] Drive-by shootings allow the perpetrators to quickly strike their targets and flee the scene before law enforcement is able to respond. A drive-by shooting's prerequisites include access to a ...
A drive-by is a form of hit-and-run tactic, a personal attack carried out by an individual or individuals from a moving vehicle.
The FBI is investigating an Aug. 11 drive-by shooting that targeted a California activist with close ties to Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was fatally shot last year in a ...
In a warkitting attack, a hacker replaces the firmware of an attacked router. This allows them to control all traffic for the victim, and could even permit them to disable TLS by replacing HTML content as it is being downloaded. [3] Warkitting was identified by Tsow, Jakobsson, Yang, and Wetzel.
Nakashima, Ellen; Julie Tate (8 Dec 2011), "Cyber-intruder sparks massive federal response — and debate over dealing with threats", The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com This article, which contains previously undisclosed information on the extent of the infection, the nature of the response and the fractious policy debate it inspired, is based on interviews with two dozen current and ...
Houser, the terrorism and mass-casualty researcher, said vehicle attacks are a concerningly easy way to rapidly kill and injure a large number of people because the attack starts and finishes ...
A vehicle-ramming attack, also known as a vehicle as a weapon or VAW attack, [1] is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately rams a vehicle into a building, people, [2] [3] or another vehicle. According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this attack represents a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to ...