The vulnerability of the JRockit software platform allows a malicious actor to simplify the process of decoding messages remotely.

A vulnerability in the JRockit software platform is related to a bug in the ssl3getkeyexchange function in the s3clnt.c file of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to simplify the decryption process by using an insufficiently secure RSA key...

The vulnerability of the Java Platform software platform allows a malicious actor to simplify the process of decoding messages remotely.

A vulnerability in the Java Platform software framework, related to a bug in the ssl3getkeyexchange function in the s3clnt.c file of the OpenSSL cryptographic library. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to simplify the decryption process by using an insufficiently secure RSA ke...

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system, which allows a malicious individual to increase their privileges

A vulnerability that allows for increased privileges exists in Active Directory and is related to the distribution of passwords created based on group policy settings. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability enables an attacker who has been authenticated to decrypt passwords and use them to...

New CryptXXX Can Evade Detection, Outsmart Decryption Tools

Tweet Crooks behind the fast spreading CryptXXX ransomware updated the latest variant with better encryption technology and new methods to evade detection by researchers. This latest version of CryptXXX was spotted by researchers at SentinelOne that say the new updated sample has already earned...

Locky is Back Asking for Unpaid Debts

On June 21, 2016, FireEye’s Dynamic Threat Intelligence DTI identified an increase in JavaScript contained within spam emails. FireEye analysts determined the increase was the result of a new Locky ransomware spam campaign. As shown in Figure 1, Locky spam activity was uninterrupted until June 1,...

Locky is Back Asking for Unpaid Debts

On June 21, 2016, FireEye’s Dynamic Threat Intelligence DTI identified an increase in JavaScript contained within spam emails. FireEye analysts determined the increase was the result of a new Locky ransomware spam campaign. As shown in Figure 1, Locky spam activity was uninterrupted until June 1,...

Netgear D6000 and D3600 Hardcoded RSA Key Vulnerability

The Netgear D6000 and D3600 are wireless router products from American Netgear. The Netgear D6000 and D3600 device firmware uses hard-coded RSA keys, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack with the keys, gain administrator access, and...

IBM Storwize SSL/TLS RC4 Stream Cipher Key Invariance (Bar Mitzvah)

According to its self-reported version number, the IBM Storwize server running on the remote host is affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability, known as Bar Mitzvah, due to improper combination of state data with key data by the RC4 cipher algorithm during the initialization phase. A...

RITM - Ruby In The Middle (HTTP/HTTPS Interception Proxy)

Ruby in the middle RITM is an HTTP/HTTPS interception proxy with on-the-fly certificate generation and signing, which leaves the user with the full power of the Ruby language to intercept and even modify requests and responses as she pleases. Installation gem install ritm Basic usage 1. Write you...

FreeBSD : botan -- multiple vulnerabilities (ac0900df-31d0-11e6-8e82-002590263bf5)

Jack Lloyd reports : Botan 1.10.13 has been released backporting some side channel protections for ECDSA signatures CVE-2016-2849 and PKCS 1 RSA decryption CVE-2015-7827. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fro...

Decryption Utilities Unlock Files Encrypted by All TeslaCrypt Versions

For close to a month, the master encryption key unlocking files ravaged by TeslaCrypt has been publicly available, putting an end to a profitable strain of ransomware. In the weeks since, various decryptors have been developed that can be used to unlock files. Kaspersky Lab, for one, updated its...

University Pays Hackers $20,000 to get back its Ransomware Infected Files

What's the worst that could happen when a Ransomware malware hits University? Last month, the IT department of the University from where I have done my graduation called me for helping them get rid of a Ransomware infection that locked down all its student's results just a day before the...

BlackShades Strain of Ransomware Teases Researchers

Researchers who dig deep through the code of one of the latest strains of ransomware might be surprised and even a little irked at what they find. Hidden inside some of those strings of code are taunts aimed at them. According to Lawrence Abrams who runs BleepingComputer.com, the malware,...

MGASA-2016-0208 Updated botan packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated botan packages fix security vulnerabilities: During RSA decryption, how long decoding of PKCS 1 v1.5 padding took was input dependent. If these differences could be measured by an attacker, it could be used to mount a Bleichenbacher million-message attack CVE-2015-7827. ECDSA and DSA...

Updated botan packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated botan packages fix security vulnerabilities: During RSA decryption, how long decoding of PKCS 1 v1.5 padding took was input dependent. If these differences could be measured by an attacker, it could be used to mount a Bleichenbacher million-message attack CVE-2015-7827. ECDSA and DSA...

Cisco UCS Invicta Software Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Cisco UCS Invicta Software is a suite of software from the U.S. company Cisco Cisco that provides application acceleration capabilities. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Cisco UCS Invicta Software. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by intercepting communications to...

Updated php-ZendFramework2 packages fix CVE-2015-7503

Updated php-ZendFramework2 packages fix security vulnerability: Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa\PublicKey has a call to opensslpublicencrypt which uses PHP's default $padding argument, which specifies OPENSSLPKCS1PADDING, indicating usage of PKCS1v1.5 padding. This padding has a known vulnerability, the...

Microsoft Warns of Sneaky New Macro Trick

Microsoft is warning of an innovative new technique attackers are using to sneak macro malware past virus detection engines and add to the already huge uptick in reported macro attacks. According to researchers at Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center, they stumbled upon the macro technique in a...

Master Decryption Key Released for TeslaCrypt Ransomware

The criminals behind the TeslaCrypt ransomware have closed up shop and publicly released the master decryption key that unlocks files encrypted by the malware. The news is significant given the investment and constant innovation devoted to TeslaCrypt, which has been one of the most active...

Wireless Network Security Auditing Bash Script: airgeddon

airgeddon is a living project growing day by day. This is the list of features so far: Interface mode switcher Monitor-Managed keeping selection even on interface name changing DoS over wireless networks using different methods. “DoS Pursuit mode” available to avoid AP channel hopping available...