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Code injection is a computer security exploit where a program fails to correctly process external data, such as user input, causing it to interpret the data as executable commands. An attacker using this method "injects" code into the program while it is running.
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.
EternalBlue [5] is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [6] It is based on a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that allowed users to gain access to any number of computers connected to a network.
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A zero-day (also known as a 0-day) is a vulnerability in software or hardware that is typically unknown to the vendor and for which no patch or other fix is available. The vendor thus has zero days to prepare a patch, as the vulnerability has already been described or exploited.
Much of the attention and comment around the event was occasioned by the fact that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) (from whom the exploit was likely stolen) had already discovered the vulnerability, but used it to create an exploit for its own offensive work, rather than report it to Microsoft.
The Shadow Brokers (TSB) is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. [1] [2] They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day exploits, [1] from the "Equation Group" who are widely suspected to be a branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
The first virus to exploit Sony BMG's stealth technology to make malicious files invisible to both the user and antivirus programs surfaced on November 10, 2005. [59] One day later, Yahoo! News announced that Sony BMG had suspended further distribution of the controversial technology. [citation needed]