DARPA to Hackers: Help, Please?

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA, which is credited with helping to create the modern Internet, used a conference to call on hackers and other visionaries to help save it. DARPA’s Director, Dr. Regina Dugan used a speech at the DARPA Colloquium on Future Directions i...

Hacker selling compromised websites gets hacked by d33ds

Hacker selling compromised websites gets hacked by d33ds A hacking group called d33ds broke into the online shop of a rival hacker who sells unauthorized access to high-profile websites and data. A hacker calling himself Srblche, also offered information stolen from websites belonging to the U.S...

CapitalOne Bank taken down by Anonymous hackers

CapitalOne Bank taken down by Anonymous hackers Anonymous Hackers claim to taken down the official website of CapitalOne Bank. Currently Site is showing message on Homepage that "Site under maintenance". In a pastebin release Anonymous Hacker wrote "ya know.. every guy Fawkes day companies go hir...

DDIVRT-2011-33 IBM WebSphere Application Server 'help' Servlet Plug-in Bundle Directory Traversal [CVE-2011-1359]

Title ----- DDIVRT-2011-33 IBM WebSphere Application Server 'help' Servlet Plug-in Bundle Directory Traversal CVE-2011-1359 Severity -------- High Date Discovered --------------- July 28, 2011 Discovered By ------------- Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team Credit: Javier Castro,...

Micro-point active Defense software privilege escalation-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Brief description: Micro-point active Defense software could allow elevation of Privilege, leading to execute arbitrary kernel code Detailed description: Micro-point active Defense software mp110012. sys file fails to properly check user of the incoming parameters, can lead to execute arbitrary...

DDIVRT-2011-35 Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Directory Traversal [CVE-2011-3315]

Title ----- DDIVRT-2011-35 Cisco Unified Contact Center Express Directory Traversal CVE-2011-3315 Severity -------- High Date Discovered --------------- August 9, 2011 Discovered By ------------- Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team Credit: r@b13$ Vulnerability Description...

Top Government Security Officials Call For Secure OS Development

WASHINGTON–One of the keys to addressing the widespread security threats facing both private and government networks is to develop more secure operating systems from the ground up and not rely on trying to secure existing ones, top CIA and Pentagon information assurance officials said. The federa...

Mitsubishi Hack May Have Yielded Defense, Nuke Secrets

A report claims the recent hack of Japanese Defense Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries may have led to the theft of sensitive data related to weapons systems and nuclear reactors. The report, on the Website of The Asahi Shimbun, cites unnamed sources as saying that malware planted on servers...

WellinTech Kingview 6.53 Remote Heap Overflow

Overview This advisory is a follow-up to ICS-ALERT-11-011-01 WellinTech Kingview Buffer Overflow, published on the ICS-CERT Web site on January 11, 2011. Independent security researcher Dillon Beresford reported a heap overflow vulnerability in WellinTech KingView V6.53, which may allow a remote,...

Report: Obama Administration Considered Libyan Cyber-Offensive

The Obama Administration reportedly debated kicking off its latest war-effort in Libya with a cyber-offensive targeting the Qaddafi regime’s air-defense infrastructure, according to a report from the New York Times. The details of the Obama Administration’s plan remain classified, but the Times...

Report says : US considered cyber war on Libya

Report says : US considered cyber war on Libya Officials in the US Obama administration considered compromising Libya's government computer networks to block early-warning data gathering and missile launches on NATO war planes during the American-led strikes, but decided against it, according to...

Defense Department Sued Over Data Breach

A group of people affected by the TRICARE data breach in September has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the department and its health care organization didn’t properly safeguard personal information that was stored on backup tapes stolen last month. Th...

Derbycon 2011 Videos talks

Derbycon 2011 Videos Talks The idea behind DerbyCon was developed by Dave Kennedy ReL1K, Martin Bos PureHate, and Adrian Crenshaw Irongeek. Their motivation stemmed from a desire to see more of the old-style talks and events of the conventions of the past. DerbyCon was hosted by some specialized...

DDIVRT-2011-34 Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch Directory Traversal

Title ----- DDIVRT-2011-34 Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch Directory Traversal Severity -------- High Date Discovered --------------- August 15, 2011 Discovered By ------------- Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team Credit: Chris Graham and r@b13$ Vulnerability Description...

CA Total Defense Suite reGenerateReports Stored Procedure SQL Injection

$Id: catotaldefenseregeneratereports.rb 13810 2011-10-02 17:03:23Z swtornio $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use...

CA Total Defense Suite - reGenerateReports Stored procedure SQL Injection (Metasploit)

$Id: catotaldefenseregeneratereports.rb 13810 2011-10-02 17:03:23Z swtornio $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use...

CA Total Defense Suite reGenerateReports Stored Procedure SQL Injection

Exploit for cgi platform in category web applications $Id: catotaldefenseregeneratereports.rb 13810 2011-10-02 17:03:23Z swtornio $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more...

Nation-State Attackers Are Adobe's Biggest Worry

SAN FRANCISCO–It’s no secret that attackers have made Adobe’s products key targets for the last couple of years, routinely going after bugs in Reader, Flash and Acrobat in targeted attacks and widespread campaigns alike. But it’s not just the rank-and-file bad guys who are making Adobe a priority...

Report: Japan Fesses Up to First Cyber Attack on Defense Industry

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MHI, Japan’s primary defense contractor, recently suffered a data breach that may be the first major cyber-attack on Japan’s defense industry to be publicly disclosed, according to a report from Reuters. The attack, first discovered in early August, is believed to have...

Military Contractor Mitsubishi hacked

Military Contractor Mitsubishi hacked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said on Monday that its computers had been hacked into, with one newspaper saying the target was Japan's biggest defence contractor's factories for submarines, missiles and nuclear power plant components. "There is no possibili...