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PacketFence 3.2.0 released
PacketFence 3.2.0 released The PacketFence development team has published version 3.2.0 of its open source network access control NAC system. PacketFence allows organisations to increase control over their network by enforcing authentication and registration for newly connected devices. It also...
Microsoft Internet Explorer Null Byte Handling Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to view content from the Internet Explorer's process memory. This may allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information or aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected...
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because of a use-after-free error in the 'Mshtml.dll' library. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. Successful exploits will compromi...
Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2012-0010 Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a cross-domain information-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied data during copy and paste operations. An attacker can exploit this issue to view content from a browser window in another domain or securi...
Microsoft Windows ASX File Parsing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling a specially crafted media file. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a webpage containing malicious content or to open a malicious media file. Successful exploits...
Hawaii Bill Would Require Internet Data Retention For Two Years
A Hawaiian legislator has introduced a broadly worded data-retention bill that require ISPs and other service providers to retain their customers’ Internet activity records for at least two years. The bill, introduced by state Rep. John Mizuno, does not have any provisions for exclusions or priva...
DreamHost Warns of Attack, Forces Customer Password Changes
Attackers were able to compromise a database at DreamHost, a large hosting provider, late last week and the company is forcing all of its customers to change their passwords for their FTP and shell accounts as a precautionary measure. DreamHost did not provide many details about what happened in...
DreamHost Hacked - Change Your Passwords Now !
DreamHost Hacked - Change Your Passwords Now ! All Dreamhost customers should read this post immediately and change all related passwords including WordPress ones. Dreamhost said "Last night we detected some unauthorized activity within one of our databases." They say there's "no evidence that...
Microsoft Readying Real Time Hosted Threat Intelligence Feed
New York City – Microsoft has proven that it can take down huge, global botnets like Kelihos, Rustock and Waldec. Now the company is ready to start making the data it acquires in those busts available to governments, law enforcement and customers as a real time threat intelligence feed...
In UK Analytics Software Provides Enhanced (Online) Interrogation For Fraud Suspects
A recent report by the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency SOCA shows that the Agency is full speed ahead with plans to use powerful data analytics tools to help find and prosecute everything from money laundering to illegal gambling to 419 scams. The 2011 Annual Report on Suspicious Activity...
Not Again! Duqu Hits Iran
Pity poor Iran. They can’t catch a break. After cleaning up the mess Stuxnet wreaked on their nuclear ambitions, the Middle Eastern country admitted in November that a number of machines across multiple industries were infected with Duqu. While academic arguments raged over whether similarities i...
Microsoft Publisher Invalid Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Publisher is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted Publisher file. Successfully exploiting this issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of t...
Microsoft Publisher Out of Bound Array Index Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Publisher is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted Publisher file. Successfully exploiting this issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of t...
Microsoft Excel CVE-2011-3403 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Excel is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability due to a memory-corruption error. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted Excel file. Successful exploits may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with the...
Adobe Acrobat and Reader U3D Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description Adobe Acrobat and Reader are prone to a remote memory corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial-of-service conditions. Technologies...
Activity Streams shows restricted content from Confluence
To reproduce: Create a test user Configure the user to only belong to the 'users' group Remove 'users' group from Confluence global permission, hence, 'users' group won't be able to use Confluence In the activity streams gadget in default JIRA dashboard, test user can still see Confluence...
Steam's 35 Million Users Compromised in Hack
Gamers who use the digital distribution network Steam were warned that their account information may have been exposed to hackers following a compromise of the company’s Web page and back end databases. The incident yielded a slew of sensitive customer information, including user’s passwords and...
Facebook And Twitter Erode Your Company's Security From Within. Here's How To Stop It.
The “up side” of social networks like Facebook, Twitter and G+ are well known. But the down side of these networks for both users and for organizations that employ them are only now becoming clear. Worms, malware and spam are just the beginning of the security problems engendered by the social ne...
hadoop-jobtracker-info NSE Script
Retrieves information from an Apache Hadoop JobTracker HTTP status page. Information gathered: State of the JobTracker. Date/time the service was started Hadoop version Hadoop Compile date JobTracker ID Log directory relative to Associated TaskTrackers Optionally also user activity history Script...
Microsoft Windows Kernel TrueType Font Parsing (CVE-2011-2004) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability that occurs in the Windows kernel 'Win32k.sys' kernel-mode device driver. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to crash the Windows kernel, denying service to legitimate users. Technologies Affected Avaya Aura...