December 17, 2010, 9:49AM
Chaining Bugs to Exploit Browser Plug-Ins
Comment This video is a short demo of an attack that researcher Billy Rios developed to exploit a series of bugs in browser plug-ins. By chaining the vulnerabilities together, Rios is able to steal content from a victim's machine. The slides containing the code for the attack are available on Rios's blog.
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