How to Avoid Getting Your Twitter Account Hacked

“All upcoming Guns N’ Roses dates are officially canceled. Please contact your place of purchase for any refunds.” No Guns N’ Roses fan ever wants to see this text. And especially when it’s published on Axl Rose’s official Twitter account, it’s a guaranteed recipe for disaster. This is not the...

Botnet Targets SSH Servers Via Brute Force

The ddssh bot is currently responsible for an increase in brute force attacks on SSH connections. Botnet herders are apparently injecting the script via a phpMyAdmin vulnerability and using the compromised computers for targeted SSH attacks. Read the full article. The H Security...

Major Check Counterfeiting Ring Uncovered

A researcher has uncovered a sophisticated check counterfeiting ring that uses compromised computers to steal and print millions of dollars worth of bogus invoices and then recruit money mules to cash them. Read the full article. The Register...

PHP 4.x < 4.4.5, 5.x < 5.2.1 Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities

PHP is prone to multiple format-string vulnerabilities due to a design error when casting 64-bit variables to 32 bits. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

Simple Network penetration spying on a command-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

ipconfig /all //You can view the current network card configuration information, including the domain and IP section This command can be seen: the host name---shwdm, IP--192.168.103.8, the gateway IP---192.168.103.10,DNS domain name resolution IP address---192.168.100.1 to an primary WINS server...

Researchers Can Keep Web Servers Up During Attack

MIT researchers funded by DARPA U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have developed a system to keep web servers — or, for that matter, any Internet-connected computers — running even when they’re under attack. Read the full article. MIT News...

Pushdo Botnet Making the Rounds

More than 300 Web sites are being pestered by infected computers that are part of the Pushdo botnet, according to security researchers. Read the full article. Security Central...

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.x Static Encryption Key

SUMMARY Symantecs Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x web console stores a static encryption key for encrypted credentials entered by the administrator. These credentials include ones used to enumerate the computers within a windows domain during discovery sessions allowing dissemination of Altiris...

Conficker Infections Drop With New Year

People have one more reason to celebrate the new year, according to the Shadowserver Foundation: Nearly a million Conficker-infected computers have oddly disappeared overnight. Read the full article. Security Focus...

Fake H1N1 E-mail Alerts Lead to Malware

Malicious hackers are using fake alerts around H1N1 Swine Flu vaccines to trick end users into installing malware on Windows computers, according to warnings issued by computer security firms. The latest malware campaign begins with e-mail messages offering information regarding the H1N1...

Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud

According to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers. For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four...

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities (CVE-2005-3315)

ZENworks is a resource management solution developed by Novell. The product provides system administrators with management capabilities of remote networked computers. The software suite is composed of several product components. Some of the available ZENworks product components are ZENworks Deskt...

Researcher Finds Twitter Botnet Command Channel

Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation. The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots — sending new links for the infected computers ...

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Users With Infected Computers

From IDG News Service Jeremy Kirk Twitter is suspending the accounts of some users whose computers have fallen victim to a well-known piece of malicious software that has targeted other sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The malware, Koobface, is designed to spread itself by checking to see if...

Conficker hits University of Utah

University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers tech.yahoo.com, including those at the school’s three hospitals. University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow computers and steal personal...

Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn't over

By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service An expected activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight today passed without incident computerworld.com, despite sensationalized fears cbsnews.com that the Internet itself might be affected, but security researchers said users aren’t out of the woods yet. Whil...

Stack overflow

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ServerView web interface SnmpGetMibValues.exe in Fujitsu Siemens Computers ServerView 04.60.07 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL...

KLA10323 ACE vulnerabilities ServerView

A buffer overflow was found in ServerView. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed URL. Original advisories - Related products ServerView CVE list CVE-2008-3126 high Solution Update to lates...

BusyBox (uname) Local Format String Exploit

No description provided by source. / lul-busybox.c copyright C 2008 lul-disclosure inc. All rights reserved. this code is distributed with the LPL license agreement http://lul-disclosure.net/LPL.txt moar commonly known as the EULA Epic User License Agreement busybox uname format string exploit by...

ThinkVantage System Update < 3.14 SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing

The remote host is running ThinkVantage System Update, a software distribution tool for Lenovo computers. The version of System Update installed on the remote host reportedly does not perform certificate chain verification when initiating an SSL connection with an update server. An attacker who...