Adobe patches 2nd Flash Player Zero-day Vulnerability

Ready to patch your Adobe Flash software now. Adobe has patched one after one two zero-day vulnerabilities in its Adobe Flash that are being actively exploited by the cyber criminals. PATCH FOR FIRST ZERO-DAY On Thursday, the company released an emergency update for one of the critical...

Adobe Flash Player -- critical vulnerability

Adobe reports: Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. We are aware of reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild via drive-by-download attacks against systems running Internet Explorer and...

Two XSS vulnerabilities in Simple Security WordPress Plugin

Advisory ID: HTB23244 Product: Simple Security WordPress Plugin Vendor: MyWebsiteAdvisor Vulnerable Versions: 1.1.5 and probably prior Tested Version: 1.1.5 Advisory Publication: December 17, 2014 without technical details Vendor Notification: December 17, 2014 Public Disclosure: January 14, 2015...

WordPress Simple Security 1.1.5 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress Simple Security plugin version 1.1.5 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability. Product: Simple Security WordPress Plugin Vendor: MyWebsiteAdvisor Vulnerable Versions: 1.1.5 and probably prior Tested Version: 1.1.5 Advisory Publication: December 17, 2014 without technical detail...

Two XSS Vulnerabilities in SupportCenter Plus

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two XSS vulnerabilities in a web-based customer support software SupportCenter Plus. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against authenticated users of the vulnerable software. 1 Cross-Site Scripting XSS ...

Two XSS vulnerabilities in Simple Security WordPress Plugin

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two XSS vulnerabilities in Simple Security WordPress plugin, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against administrators of WP websites with the vulnerable plugin. 1 Two Cross-Site Scripting XSS Vulnerabilities in Simple...

Multiple vulnerabilities in MantisBT

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in MantisBT, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting XSS and SQL injection attacks. Improper access control vulnerability discloses database's credentials login and password in plaintext. 1 Cross-Site...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Revive Adserver

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered an XSS vulnerability in Revive Adserver formerly known as OpenX Source, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against authenticated users and administrators of the vulnerable application leading to total compromise of the...

Malicious Ads on Yahoo, AOL, Trigger CryptoWall Infections

Attackers have been leveraging the FlashPack Exploit Kit to peddle the CryptoWall 2.0 ransomware on unsuspecting visitors to sites such as Yahoo, The Atlantic and AOL. Researchers believe that for about a month the malvertising campaign hit up to 3 million visitors and netted the attackers $25,00...

Kyle and Stan Malvertising Network Nine Times Bigger

The Kyle and Stan malvertising network has a much bigger reach than first reported—about nine times bigger. In the two weeks since Cisco’s first report on the malicious ad distribution campaign, researchers had a chance to look closer at telemetry data, connect more dots and learn that nearly 6,5...

Israeli Think-Tank Site Serves Sweet Orange Exploit

Attackers have compromised the website of a prominent Israel-based, Middle East foreign policy-focused think tank, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs JCPA. On Friday, researchers from Cyphort reported that the site was serving the Sweet Orange exploit kit via drive-by download. At the time o...

'Kyle and Stan' Malvertising Network Targets Windows and Mac Users

A malvertising network that has been operating since at least May has been able to place malicious ads on a number of high-profile sites, including Amazon and YouTube and serves a unique piece of malware to each victim. The network, dubbed Kyle and Stan by the Cisco researchers who analyzed its...

Warrant Authorized FBI to Track and Infect Computers with Malware

Tor has always been a tough target for law enforcement for years, but the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has found a way to successfully track users across the network. Just a few days back, Tor made a difficult announcement that an attack on its system likely exposed its users...

Mozilla Improves Malware Blocking in Firefox 31

Attackers have any number of methods for getting their malware onto users’ machines, but one of the easier and more effective ones is through drive-by downloads. Browser vendors have been adding defenses to mitigate this threat for some time, and the newest version of Mozilla Firefox includes an...

Red Button Attack Could Compromise Smart TVs

A vulnerability in an emerging interactive television standard could expose smart TVs to untraceable drive-by hacking attacks that could steal personal information and wreak havoc on televisions and anything connected to them. The feature, HbbTV, Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television was introduc...

Apple fixes 2 2 a Safari vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

5 on 2 2nd, Apple released a about the Safari patch, which fixes the 2 2 vulnerability these vulnerabilities could cause code execution or a browser crash. These vulnerabilities affect OS X Mavericks 10.9 under Safari 7.0.4 and OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. Under the Safari 6.1.4 on. When a user brows...

CryptoLocker Ransomware Competitor May Have Fatal Flaw

CryptoLocker certainly changed the ransomware game last year when it threatened its victims with the loss of important files if a timely ransom payment was not made. Reportedly, criminal gangs utilizing this dangerous type of ransomware were earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per month...

May 2014 Apple Safari Browser Security Patches

Apple released an update to Safari yesterday patching 22 vulnerabilities in the WebKit browser engine that allow code execution or a browser crash. Safari 7.0.4 is available for OS X Mavericks 10.9 and Safari 6.1.4 for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. The vulnerabilities could be exploited if the user wa...

Another Internet Explorer Zero Day Surfaces

Researchers have disclosed a new zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that could enable an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable machines via drive-by downloads or malicious attachments in email messages. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed to Microsoft in October, but...

Netflix Users Targeted by Microsoft Silverlight Exploits

Netflix, the world’s largest Internet Video Subscription service with more than 35.7 million customers in U.S alone, that runs on the Microsoft Silverlight platform, has now become a popular target for cybercriminals, as public awareness of Java and Flash flaws is increasing. Silverlight is a...