Skype leaves Sensitive User Data Unencrypted Locally On Computers

An application should always encrypt users' sensitive data, either it is local or stored on company servers, but still many popular services failed to provide fully secured solutions to their users. Cristian Dinu DrOptix and Dragoş Gaftoneanu, Romanian programmers at Hackyard Security Group, a...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Payment Processing Notification Failure Email Messages on April 28, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 33965 First Published: 2014 April 28 15:19 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a payment processing failure notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince...

NIST Removes Dual_EC_DRBG Random Number Generator from Recommendations

The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST has announced to abandon the controversial Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator, better known as DualECDRBG in the wake of allegations that the National Security Agency. Back in December, Edward Snowden leaks revealed that...

VUPEN Security Research - Mozilla Firefox "BumpChunk" Object Processing Use-after-free (Pwn2Own)

VUPEN Security Research - Mozilla Firefox "BumpChunk" Object Processing Use-after-free Pwn2Own Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed for Windows, OS X, and Linux, with ...

Police Ransomware threat of huge Fine forced Family to Commit Suicide

Till Now we all have heard about the Ransomware Malware that encrypts your files or lock down your computer and ask for a random amount to be paid in a specified duration of time to unlock it, but this cyber threat has forced somebody for the terrible murder and suicide. It’s true! This could be ...

LuxCal 3.2.2 Cross Site Request Forgery / SQL Injection

Author: TUNISIAN CYBER + Exploit Title: LuxCal v3.2.2 CSRF/Blind SQL Injection Vulnerabilities + Date: 09-03-2014 + Category: WebApp + Tested on: KaliLinux/Windows 7 Pro + CWE: CWE-352/CWE-89 + Vendor: http://www.luxsoft.eu/ + Friendly Sites: na3il.com,th3-creative.com + Twitter: @TCYB3R...

360 Million Stolen Credential FOR SALE on Underground Black Market

Your Financial Credentials are on SALE on the Underground Black Market without your Knowledge… sounds like a nightmare, but it’s TRUE. Cyber security firm, Hold Security, said it has traced over 360 million stolen account credentials that are available for Sale on Hacker's black market websites...

Pina CMS - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Pina CMS - Multiple Vulnerabilities Title: Pina CMS SQL Injection and XSS Vulnerabilities Vendor: www.pinacms.com Vendor Notified: 15-02-2014 Vendor Replied: 16-02-2014 Release in Public: 18-02-2014 Tested on: Windows/Linux Author/Found by: Shadman Tanjim Website: www.secupent.com and...

Pina CMS SQL Injection and XSS Vulnerabilities

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Title: Pina CMS SQL Injection and XSS Vulnerabilities Vendor: www.pinacms.com Vendor Notified: 15-02-2014 Vendor Replied: 16-02-2014 Release in Public: 18-02-2014 Tested on: Windows/Linux Author/Found by: Shadman Tanjim Website: www.secupent.c...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Order Notification Email Messages on February 11, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32821 First Published: 2014 February 12 15:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an order notification for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Cost of Doing APT Business Dropping

PUNTA CANA–The term APT often is used as a generic descriptor for any group–typically presumed to be government-backed and heavily financed–that is seen attacking high-value targets such as government agencies, critical infrastructure and financial systems. But the range of targets APT groups are...

ABB Relion 650 Series OpenSSL Vulnerability (Update A)

OVERVIEW --------- Begin Update A Part 1 of 2-------- This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled ICSA-14-126-01 ABB Relion 650 Series OpenSSL Vulnerability, that was published May 06, 2014, on the NCCIC/ICS-CERT web site. ABB has identified an OpenSSL vulnerability in it...

'The Hacker News' Magazine - Relaunching New Editions

Dear Readers, After publishing 15 informative editions of 'The Hacker News' magazine in past 2 years; we at THN are again planning to relaunch the new Chapters of 'The Hacker News Magazine'. The Hacker News THN Monthly Magazine is the most comprehensive and informative collection of IT Security,...

Java-Bot, a Cross-platform malware launching DDoS attacks from infected computers

These days botnets are all over the news. In simple terms, a botnet is a group of computers networked together, running a piece of malicious software that allows them to be controlled by a remote attacker. A major target for most of the malware is still Windows, but the growing market of Mac OS X...

100,000 Refrigerators and other home appliances hacked to perform cyber attack

Have you given shed to Zombies in your house? No???? May be you have no idea about it. After Computers, Servers, Routers, Mobiles, Tablets…. Now its turn of your home appliances to be a weapon or a victim of cyber war. Recently Security Researchers from Proofpoint found more than 100,000 Smart TV...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Photo Delivery Email Messages on January 16, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32463 First Published: 2014 January 16 17:23 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a photo for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

US retailer Neiman Marcus confirmed data breach after TARGET

The TARGET Hack was not the only massive Data breach that happened during the last Black Friday, but also other three major US Retailers were also hacked. Recently, Neiman Marcus also confirmed a data breach that involves Credit card theft from its customers during the holiday shopping season,...

Hack or attempt to Hack, you may face 20 years in prison

The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman 'Patrick Leahy' reintroduced a revamped version of the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act" for tough criminal penalties for hackers, that he originally authored in 2005. During last Christmas Holidays, a massive data breach had occurred at the shopping...

WordPress Blogggie Shell Upload

Exploit Title : Wordpress Themes Bloggie Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Author : ReC0ded Vendor : http://themify.me/ Download : http://themify.me/themes/Bloggie Date : 22, November 2013. Type : php, html, htm, asp, etc. Category : Web Applications Vulnerability : File Upload Tested On :...

WordPress Folo Shell Upload

Exploit Title : Wordpress Themes Folo Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Author : ReC0ded Vendor : http://themify.me/ Download : http://themify.me/themes/folo Date : 22, November 2013. Type : php, html, htm, asp, etc. Category : Web Applications Vulnerability : File Upload Tested On : Windows 7...