wget HTTP integer overflow(CVE-2017-13089)

That’s an interesting vulnerability in GNU wget. According to the wget project, this was reported by Antti Levomäki, Christian Jalio, Joonas Pihlaja of Forcepoint as well as Juhani Eronen of the Finnish National Cyber Security Centre. The vulnerability is in src/http.c source code file and more...

November 7, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Election Day” 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! November 7, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: CRN Exclusive: Carbon...

The Rise of Super-Stealthy Digitally Signed Malware—Thanks to the Dark Web

Guess what's more expensive than counterfeit United States passports, stolen credit cards and even guns on the dark web? It's digital code signing certificates. A recent study conducted by the Cyber Security Research Institute CSRI this week revealed that stolen digital code-signing certificates...

nnit.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-391099 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| nnit.com 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...

A week in security (October 23 – October 29)

Welcome back to "A week in security." Last week, we took a look at how deleted files can be recovered, explored the BadRabbit ransomware plague attacking Eastern Europe including a deep dive into the code, and talked about what it takes to work in security. One of our researchers, who is a PhD...

Lack of Internal IT Security Expertise Requires Connected Threat Defense

There are many different factors that can impact a company's overall security posture. Increasing sophistication on the part of cyber criminals, combined with more frequent attacks launched using advanced malware, represent some of the most pervasive drivers of IT security. However, one issue...

Women in Tech and Career Spotlight: Michal Pal

We continue our articles focusing on the themes of National Cyber Security Awareness Month with the first of a series of articles spotlighting some of the women who work at Imperva. I spoke to Michal Pal, automation group manager for the Imperva Incapsula product line and got to know about what...

WordPress: UnResolved ChangeSet are Visible to Public That also Causes Information Disclosure

Hello, While testing Your Security I Observed that the Security Report Reported to You After Validation arranged for fix or you can say that a public repository created for the code powering the site at https://code.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/ID that Leaks Following Things 1.UnResolved Bugs 2.P...

Exploit Pack - Penetration Testing Framework

Exploit Pack has been designed by an experienced team of software developers and exploit writers to automate processes so penetration testers can focus on what's really important. The threat. This blend of software engineers and subject matter experts provides an unique advantage by combining...

Excerpts from The Ransomware Economy: Analysis

Carbon Black recently published an investigative report on the Dark Web marketplace for ransomware. This is an excerpt from that report, which you can find here. For more information about the rise of ransomware, and what you can do about it, check out the Future-Proof Your Ransomware Prevention...

Today’s Predictions for Tomorrow’s Internet

Making predictions is a tricky business and in no area more so than in the area of rapidly developing technology. The pace of change continues to accelerate and the nature of innovation is such that entrepreneurs, as well as criminals are continually searching for “the next big thing” to either...

FBI Asks Businesses to Share Details About DDoS Attacks

The FBI has made an appeal to organizations victimized by DDoS attacks to share details and characteristics of those incidents, echoing a similar plea made last year in the throes of a relentless wave of ransomware attacks. The bureau said victims should contact local field offices regardless of...

Vulnerability in WPA2 Protocol Allows Attackers to Intercept and Decrypt Encrypted Data Traffic

By Waqas According to cyber-security researchers Frank Piessens and Mathy Vanhoef from This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Vulnerability in WPA2 Protocol Allows Attackers to Intercept and Decrypt Encrypted Data Traffic...

Learn Ethical Hacking — Get 8 Online Courses For Just $29

With the rise in cyber-crimes, ethical hacking has become a powerful strategy in the fight against online threats. In general terms, ethical hackers are authorised to break into supposedly 'secure' computer systems without malicious intent, but with the aim of discovering vulnerabilities to bring...

Hyatt Hotels Suffers 2nd Card Breach in 2 Years

Hyatt Corp. is alerting customers about another credit card breach at some hotels, the second major incident with the hospitality chain in as many years. Hyatt said its cyber security team discovered signs of unauthorized access to payment card information from cards manually entered or swiped at...

Ransomware Attacks on MySQL and MongoDB

Ransomware is arguably one of the most vicious types of attack cyber security experts are dealing with today. The impact ransomware attacks can have on an organization is huge and costly. A ransomware payment alone does not reflect the total expense of an attack—the more significant costs come fr...

Bo Knows Security – Whiteboard Wednesday [Video]

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM and to address this week's theme of "Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everyone’s Business" our Whiteboard Wednesday this month features Bo Kim, head of information security at Imperva. When it comes to building a security program, focusing...

October 11, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “San Francisco” 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! October 11, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Ransomware market soars...

Equifax Hackers Stole Info on 693,665 UK Residents

Equifax Inc. said today an investigation into information stolen in the epic data breach the company disclosed on Sept. 7 revealed that intruders took a file containing 15.2 million UK records. The company says it is now working to inform 693,665 U.K. consumers whose data was stolen in the attack...

Carbon Black’s Vision for the Predictive Security Cloud

Earlier today, during a keynote address at Cb Connect, I unveiled our vision for the Cb Predictive Security Cloud™️. The first of its kind, the Cb Predictive Security Cloud is an extensible, cloud-based cyber security platform that helps anticipate and prevent future and unknown cyberattacks. The...