Deprecated, Insecure Apple Authorization API Can Be Abused to Run Code at Root

A deprecated Apple authorization API, invoked by third-party installers, is still developers’ preferred choice for updating apps and services on macOS. And that’s a problem because of a massive security issue that could be abused by a local attacker to elevate privileges to root with a little...

opendatacon.org XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-280136 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| opendatacon.org Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) - RGNOBJ Integer Overflow (MS16-098) (2) Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Sources: - https://github.com/sensepost/gdi-palettes-exp - https://sensepost.com/blog/2017/abusing-gdi-objects-for-ring0-primitives-revolution/ Windows 7 SP1 x86 exploit presented at DEF CON 25 involving the abuse of a newly discovered GDI...

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) - RGNOBJ Integer Overflow (MS16-098) (2)

Sources: - https://github.com/sensepost/gdi-palettes-exp - https://sensepost.com/blog/2017/abusing-gdi-objects-for-ring0-primitives-revolution/ Windows 7 SP1 x86 exploit presented at DEF CON 25 involving the abuse of a newly discovered GDI object abuse technique. DC25 5A1F - Demystifying Windows...

FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found 'Kill-Switch' to Stop Wannacry Ransomware

The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware—has been reportedly arrested in the United States after attending the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. Marcus Hutchins, operates under the ali...

A 20-year history of the SMB vulnerability: a Raspberry PI will be able to DoS a large Server, Microsoft would not fix this vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The vast majority of DoS attacks, in General, are the target system receives a large number of service requests, ultimately resulting in a denial of service state. In fact, with the development of Technology, If you want to make the current system“denial of service”, is in need of massive request...

Voting Machines Hacked with Ease at DEF CON

LAS VEGAS—Hackers at DEF CON last week made quick work of finding vulnerabilities in electronic pollbooks and voting machines, needing just 90 minutes to find exploitable flaws in every piece of voting equipment. More than 30 machines were available for hackers to crack at the conference’s Voting...

July 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Hall of Fame” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! July 31, 2017 - Headlines The Hacking Wars Are Going to Get Much Worse - New Yo...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Windows SMB Zero Day to Be Disclosed During DEF CON

LAS VEGAS—A 20-year-old Windows SMB vulnerability is expected to be disclosed Saturday during a talk at DEF CON. Microsoft has said it will not patch the vulnerability, which allows an attacker to remotely crash a Windows server with relative ease using only 20 lines of Python code and a Raspberr...

July 24, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Shark Week” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! July 24, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Soon, your most important...

On Baseband Vulnerabilities, SIEMs, Samsung Tizen and More

Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring, and Chris Brook recap two conferences from last week: Infiltrate Con in Miami and Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit in St. Maarten. A baseband vulnerability, SIEMs, vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Tizen operating system, and an IoT honeypot are discussed. Download:...

How to Hack Smart Bluetooth Locks and IoT Devices — Check this Out

Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart or Bluetooth 4, is the leading protocol designed for connecting IoT devices, medical equipment, smart homes and like most emerging technologies, security is often an afterthought. As devices become more and more embedded in our daily lives,...

Google Patches Quadrooter Vulnerabilities in Android

The Quadrooter vulnerabilities made a lot of people take notice because the scale of affected Android devices more than 900,000 put it on a level with Stagefright and other bugs that impact a large majority of the Android ecosystem. Some details on the four vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed...

Thoughts on BSides Las Vegas 2016

I recently attended "Infosec Week" in Vegas - Black Hat, BSides and DEFCON. BSides is a high point every year. This smaller Con has a plethora of perks which make it a "must attended" and also offers many of the same benefits or advantages or opportunities as Black Hat and DEFCON...

Metasploit for Machine Learning: Deep-Pwning

Deep-pwning is a lightweight framework for experimenting with machine learning models with the goal of evaluating their robustness against a motivated adversary. Note that deep-pwning in its current state is no where close to maturity or completion. It is meant to be experimented with, expanded...

Bug Hunting Cyber Bots Set to Square Off at DEF CON

LAS VEGAS — A government project in the works since 2013 is set to conclude Thursday at DEF CON when DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge culminates with a competition it’s calling the CGC Final Event. The challenge will mirror Capture the Flag competitions usually held at the hacking conference. CTF...

DARPA Challenges Hackers to Create Automated Hacking System — WIN $2 Million

Why we can’t detect all security loopholes and patch them before hackers exploit them? Because... we know that humans are too slow at finding and fixing security bugs, which is why vulnerabilities like Heartbleed, POODLE and GHOST remained undetected for decades and rendered almost half of the...

Facebook Open Sources its Capture the Flag (CTF) Platform

Hacking into computer, networks and websites could easily land you in jail. But what if you could freely test and practice your hacking skills in a legally safe environment? Facebook just open-sourced its Capture The Flag CTF platform to encourage students as well as developers to learn about cyb...

new-york-comic-con.firstslice.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://new-york-comic-con.firstslice.com/man-bennett-interview-the-shannara-chronicles-austin-butler-new-york-comic-con-nycc/"';-- Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 20.12.2015 Latest check for patch:| 20.12.2015 01:27 GMT Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability...