Svpeng Behind a Spike in Mobile Ransomware

The sting of mobile ransomware grew more painful in 2017 with attacks increasing a whopping 3.5 times in the first quarter compared to the same time a year ago. Behind those attacks were a quarter million Trojan installation packages targeting Android devices that sought to extort between $100 to...

KSN Report: Ransomware in 2016-2017

This report has been prepared using depersonalized data processed by Kaspersky Security Network KSN. The metrics are based on the number of distinct users of Kaspersky Lab products with the KSN feature enabled, who encountered ransomware at least once in a given period, as well as research into t...

New Mac Malware-as-a-Service offerings

A couple weeks ago, two new Malware-as-a-Service MaaS offerings for the Mac became available. These two offerings - a backdoor named MacSpy and a ransomware app named MacRansom - were discovered by Catalin Cimpanu of Bleeping Computer on May 25. Cimpanu evidently had some trouble getting hold of...

Sleep as Android - Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Sleep as Android published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

CVE-2017-8438

Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the runas functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a runas request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the user properties, the behavior of runas...

samba: Loading shared modules from any path in the system leading to RCE (SambaCry)

A remote code execution flaw was found in Samba. A malicious authenticated samba client, having write access to the samba share, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root...

PT-2017-18330

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elastic X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 Description The issue is related to a privilege escalation bug in the run as functionality. This bug affects the transitioning into a specified user in a run as request. If a role has been create...

Elastic Stack 5.4.1 and 5.3.3 Security updates

X-Pack 5.4.1 privilege escalation ESA-2017-06 X-Pack 5.4.1 has been released which fixes a privilege escalation bug in the runas functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a runas request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the user...

CVE-2017-4897

VMware Horizon DaaS before 7.0.0 contains a vulnerability that exists due to insufficient validation of data. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking DaaS client users into connecting to a malicious server and sharing all their drives and devices. Successful exploitation of this...

CVE-2017-8913

The Visual Composer VC70RUNTIME component in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity XXE attacks via a crafted XML document in a request to irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.visualcomposer.BIKit.default, aka SAP Security Note 2386873...

CVE-2017-8913

The CVE-2017-8913 vulnerability affects SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5, specifically the Visual Composer VC70RUNTIME component. Affected files/components include VC70RUNTIME (7.30–7.50) and VCFRAMEWORK/VCFLEX7.00 as listed in public advisories. The issue is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability t...

PT-2017-18618

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA version 7.5 Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity XXE attacks. This is achieved by sending a crafted XML document in a request to the...

CVE-2017-8913: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

The Visual Composer VC70RUNTIME component in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity XXE attacks via a crafted XML document in a request to irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.visualcomposer.BIKit.default, aka SAP Security Note 2386873...

PT-2017-18690

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dropbear versions prior to 2017.75 Dropbear affected versions not specified is not applicable here as we have specific version information. Description The issue allows local users to read certain files as root, given that the file has the...

Log injection in SAP NetWeaver AS Java using basic auth

Application: SAP NetWeaver AS Java Versions Affected: ENGINEAPI 7.10-7.50 Vendor URL: SAP Bug: Log Injection Reported: 17.05.2017 Vendor response: 18.05.2017 Date of Public Advisory: 14.11.2017 Reference: SAP Security Note 2485208 Author: Vahagn Vardanyan ERPScan VULNERABILITY INFORMATION Class:...

Google Android system service ContentService suffers from a null object reference vulnerability

Google Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Consortium. A null object reference vulnerability exists in the Google Android system service ContentService. The vulnerability stems from an exception in the parameters passed to t...

Randstad Group Selects Trend Micro to Protect its Public Cloud Infrastructure

The Randstad Group is currently in the process of consolidating and centralizing its IT infrastructure across 30 IT departments, and will be providing service to more than 40 operating countries across four continents. To ensure the new infrastructure will have optimal security the company select...

Siemens devices using the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol (Update F)

CVSS v3 6.5 ATTENTION: Exploitable from an adjacent network/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Siemens Equipment: Devices using the PROFINET Discovery and Configuration Protocol DCP Vulnerability: Denial of Service UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory...

as-built.be XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.as-built.be/photo.php?id=12=3"'--! Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 28.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP website status:| No Check as-built.be SSL...

How organizations can protect against new CERBER variations

TrendMicro Ransomware hit hard in 2016, with big attacks, large payouts and many new strains developed to thwart security measures. At the end of last year, Locky and CERBER ransomware families seemed to be neck and neck for market dominance. But that changed as CERBER evolved to offer new...