Netcraft.com Cross Site Scripting

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Advisory: www.netcraft.com - Search Form Cross-site Scripting vulnerability Advisory ID: SSCHADV2013-008 Author: Stefan Schurtz Affected Software: Successfully tested on www.netcraft.com Vendor URL: http://www.netcraft.com Vendor Status: fixed...

APT1-Themed Spear Phishing Campaign Linked to China

Researchers at Seculert have discovered a link between spear phishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Chinese journalists, post-Mandiant’s APT1 report, and domains connected to the Aurora attacks on Google and the Shady RAT campaign. In particular, in the attacks against the Japanese, the malwar...

Out-of-Band IE Patch Released as More Sites Attacked

Internet Explorer users, exposed to a zero-day vulnerability in the browser and a faulty temporary Fix It from Microsoft, finally got some relief today when the company, as promised, released an out-of-band patch. Meanwhile, a handful of new telco, manufacturing and human rights sites have been...

Chinese Hackers exploiting Internet Explorer Zero Day vulnerability for Cyber Espionage

Web site for the Council on Foreign Relations was compromised and recently hit by a drive-by attack that was detected earlier this week. Hacker are suspected to be from China , who are exploiting a zero day Internet Explorer vulnerability for Cyber Espionage attack against one of American most...

Qualcomm Patches Privilege Escalation, DoS Vulnerabilities in Android Devices

Qualcomm has patched a handful of vulnerabilities in its devices that if exploited could leave Android OS kernels open to privilege escalation or denial of service DoS attacks. According to notes published earlier today by Michael Orlando, a vulnerability analyst at the United States Computer...

Large-Scale Water Holing Attack Campaigns Hitting Key Targets

A new APT-style espionage campaign launched this summer targeting organizations tied to financial services, government agencies and the defense industry used a technique dubbed water holing to entice victims and silently redirect them to sites hosting zero-day exploits. Researchers at RSA Securit...

Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy

The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...

'Elderwood' Crew, Tied to Google Aurora Attack, Targeting Defense, Energy, Finance Companies

UPDATE–The same team that attacked Google in the Aurora campaign in 2009 is still active and has been conducting a long-term campaign targeting defense contractors, financial services companies, energy companies, human rights organizations and government agencies using a seemingly inexhaustible...

Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security

Free Configuration Check Tool by eEye Digital Security eEye Digital Security, the industry's leading innovator of threat management solutions, just released new research, "Working Toward Configuration Best Practices" . Findings verify that proper configuration and mitigations remain the most...

Aurora WebOPAC SQL Injection - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004

Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-004 Release Date. 12-Mar-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 24-Nov-2011 Product. Aurora WebOPAC Platform. Independent Affected versions. 3.5.0e, 3.4.6a, 3.5.3, 3.5.0i, 3.4.7b, 3.5.2.2, 3.4.7b, possibly others Severity Rating. High Impact...

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome Security Expert, from Security Affairs - Pierluigi Paganini takes us on a visit to China via The Hacker News January Edition Magazine Article and makes us wonder just how influential China's hacking is on world internet security...

China Propaganda Film Reveals Military Hacks Of Political Targets

It’s no secret that China is a major source of attacks on governments and political groups and individuals. However, it’s been harder to prove that the Chinese government and military is directly involved in such attacks. At least until now. According to this report on the Website...

HBGary E-mails: DuPont, Other Firms Hit In Aurora Attack

Emails unearthed by the HBGary hack reveal that Chinese hackers compromised the networks of chemical company, DuPont, and more than a dozen others high profile Western firms in late 2009 as part of a wide-scale hack since dubbed “Operation Aurora.” The revelations, gleaned from leaked e-mail,...

Report: French Ministry of Finance Confirms Hack

The French Ministry of Finance has confirmed a report in a French Magazine on Monday that a widespread hack of computers on its networks occurred. The hack, of over 150 MOF machines has been traced to computers in China and appears to have targeted documents that outline France and the G20’s...

As Tension Mounts, LinkedIn Knocked Offline in China

Business social-networking site LinkedIn has been unavailable in some parts of China since Thursday, suggesting it may have fallen victim to the country’s increased crackdown on online discussion sites. Pings sent to LinkedIn.com from the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Beijing weren’t returned wh...

The Lesson of Stuxnet and Aurora: Get Back to Basics or Get Owned

SAN FRANCISCO–It’s often said that after decades of work and technological advances, the security industry hasn’t actually solved any problems or made things any better. But that’s not entirely true. The industry has in fact perfected the art of exploiting the scare ’em and snare ’em,...

Of Night Dragons and Silver Bullets

Reading the headlines today one could not help but notice the latest installment of “scary Chinese hacker press” making the headlines. And who can blame the news media for latching on to this story as it has all the right ingredients: foreign governments targeting U.S. interests, catchy nicknames...

U.S. Needs Cybersecurity Skunk Works, Expert Says

ARLINGTON, VA–In order to address the fundamental questions surrounding the concept of cyberwar and what it might mean for both the government and the enterprise, the United States should develop a skunk works-type think tank comprising highly skilled private-sector security experts as well as...

China Sleeps On A Stuxnet-Like SCADA Bug

One of the most widely used SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition applications in China may be harboring a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to exploit the bug and execute arbitrary code. The hole was discovered in an application produced by Wellintech, a Beiji...

PandaLabs Releases : Annual Report 2010 (Must Read) !

In 2010, cyber-criminals have created and distributed a third of all existing viruses. That is, in just 12 months, they have created 34 percent of all malware that has ever existed and has been classified by the company. Furthermore, the Collective Intelligence system, which automatically detects...