U.S. Dept Of Defense: Reflected XSS vulnerability on a DoD website

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was found on a Department of Defense website which may trick a web user into executing a malicious script, potentially revealing a user's web session information or modify web content. @yaworskwas able to demonstrate this vulnerability by crafting a specially...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Department Parameters of Guangzhou Zhongda Kaixuan Electronic Technology Co.

Guangzhou Zhongda Kaixuan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. online office hall is a comprehensive e-government service platform integrating social management, public service, information disclosure and efficiency supervision. There is a SQL injection vulnerability in the department parameter of the...

Exponent CMS 2.4.0 Blind SQL Injection

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Risk of Election Day Cyberattacks Low According To Cyber Chatter

Security experts monitoring cyber-chatter for virtual and real-world threats against U.S. Election Day targets say so far, so good. They don’t believe there will be cyberattack or al-Qaeda terror attack come Election Day. That’s not to say the U.S. government isn’t ready for the worst. The White...

Election Leaks Failed to Move Needle on Polls

The barrage of information leaks, state-sponsored espionage and hacktivism related to the U.S. presidential election has had a mixed bag of effects on the race and voter confidence. For the most part, attacks against organizations supporting both major political parties, extensive email leaks and...

Search Warrant Targets Fingerprints to Crack Open iPhones

Civil libertarians and security experts say a Department of Justice search warrant goes too far in seeking fingerprint data to crack open smartphones. The warrant in question would allow law enforcement to search a Lancaster, Calif., residence for an undisclosed number of smartphones. The warrant...

White House Hires First Federal CISO

The White House announced yesterday it has hired retired Brigadier General Gregory J. Touhill, right, to serve as the first federal chief information security officer. Touhill will be responsible for setting policies, strategies and practices across federal agencies. According to a White House bl...

FBI Arrests Two Hackers Who Hacked US Spy Chief, FBI and CIA Director

US authorities have arrested two North Carolina men on charges that they were part of the notorious hacking group "Crackas With Attitude." Crackas with Attitude is the group of hackers who allegedly was behind a series of audacious and embarrassing hacks that targeted personal email accounts of...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID24353: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on August 18, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 48517 First Published: 2016 August 18 14:25 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID24353 may contain the following files: Name |...

STOP Rule 41 — FBI should not get Legal Power to Hack Computers Worldwide

We have been hearing a lot about Rule 41 after the US Department of Justice has pushed an update to the rule. The change to the Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure grants the FBI much greater powers to hack legally into any computer across the country, and perhaps anywhere in the...

Meaningful Surveillance Reform Risks Defeat Over US House Rules Change

Civil liberties groups are anxiously waiting to see if an anti-surveillance amendment will be added to a Department of Defense spending bill Tuesday. The so-called Massie-Lofgren amendment would rein in U.S. domestic mass surveillance by the NSA and protect U.S. encryption standards. The amendmen...

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...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in the Comprehensive Information Portal System of Nanjing Normal University Finance Department

Nanjing Normal University Finance Department comprehensive information portal system is a set of financial management platform. SQL injection vulnerability exists in Nanjing Normal University Finance Department Comprehensive Information Portal System, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain...

Privacy Watchdogs Vow to Fight 'Dystopian' Rule 41

The Supreme Court is moving to expand the FBI’s hacking authority with Criminal Rule 41, an amendment to federal criminal procedures that makes it easier for the FBI to access computers remotely when their locations are unknown. Privacy watchdogs are blasting the proposed change saying it would...

Katie Moussouris on Free ISO 29147

Threatpost Op-Ed is a regular feature where experts contribute essays and commentary on what’s happening in security and privacy. Today’s contributor is Katie Moussouris @k8em0. Today marks an exciting development in the often monotonous rehashing of vulnerability disclosure. The ISO standard tha...

Ransomware attacks on Hospitals put Patients at Risk

Just last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI issued an urgent "Flash" message to the businesses and organisations about the threat of Samsam Ransomware, but the ransomware has already wreaked havoc on some critical infrastructure. MedStar, a non-profit group that runs 10 hospitals in t...

Hack The Pentagon Bug Bounty Opens April 18

The Department of Defense announced today that registration for its Hack the Pentagon bug bounty trial program is open, and that the program will be run on the HackerOne platform. The trial of the government’s first bug bounty program will run April 18 to May 12. The DoD said only certain...

Apple, Google Faced All Writs Act Orders

The American Civil Liberties Union has dug up more proof that from the get-go the FBI’s attempt to crack open an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook was not just about the one phone. The ACLU found court documents and on Wednesday published an interactive map visualizing...

FBI Breaks into Terrorist's Encrypted iPhone

A six-week public standoff between Apple and the FBI ended today when the Department of Justice said it had accessed encrypted data stored on the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone. The DOJ said in its motion that it no longer needed Apple’s help as mandated in a Feb. 16 court order and asked that...

6 Charged for Hacking Lottery Terminals to Produce More Winning Tickets

Police have arrested and charged six people with crimes linked to hacking Connecticut state lottery terminals in order to produce more winning tickets than usual. Prosecutors say all the six suspects are either owners or employees of retail stores that produced a much higher number of winning...