How to block ads like a pro

In part one of this series, we had a look at a few reasons why you should be blocking online advertisements on your network and devices. From malvertising attacks and privacy-invading tracking systems to just being an outright annoyance, online ads and trackers are a nuisance that provides an...

QSC18 Virtual Edition: Vulnerability Risk Management

When vulnerability risk management is proactive, organizations don’t have to hurriedly react to attacks that exploit bugs for which patches are available, as happened with WannaCry. “The vast majority of WannaCry remediation took place as an emergency type process,” Jimmy Graham, a Qualys Directo...

The Habituation of Security Warnings

We all know that it happens: when we see a security warning too often -- and without effect -- we start tuning it out. A new paper uses fMRI, eye tracking, and field studies to prove it. EDITED TO ADD 6/6: This blog post summarizes the findings...

Trend Micro Achieves “Recommended” Rating from NSS Labs in Data Center IPS Group Test

One of the key use cases for our customers is the protection of their data center environments, which can involve moving off the perimeter into the data center or segmenting their data center from the rest of the organization. It is imperative that a data center security solution not only deliver...

August 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Jack the Ripper” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 31, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: VMware advances applicati...

How to use EternalRomance get Windows Server 2016 on the Meterpreter session-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

One, Foreword When Microsoft released MS17-010 vulnerability patch, people found this vulnerability affects from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2016 version of the Windows System more accurately say also contain a Vista system, but we will usually ignore this system. However, the shadow...

Deobfuscating Python Bytecode

Introduction During an investigation, the FLARE team came across an interesting Python malware sample MD5: 61a9f80612d3f7566db5bdf37bbf22cf that is packaged using py2exe. Py2exe is a popular way to compile and package Python scripts into executables. When we encounter this type of malware we...

My Effectiveness: To do, Tasks - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application My Effectiveness: To do, Tasks published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Several Factors Mitigate VENOM's Utility for Attackers

The divisive VENOM vulnerability—marketing logo and all—has been good for three solid days of debate and angst over its severity, ease of exploitation and risks. The first public proof-of-concept exploit, however, may aid in calming some of the anxiety around the bug, which is proving difficult t...

Dradis v2.9 - Information Sharing For Security Assessments

Dradis is an open source framework to enable effective information sharing, specially during security assessments. It’s a tool specifically to help in the process of penetration testing. Penetration testing is about information: 1. Information discovery 2. Exploit useful information 3. Report the...

Study Finds Internet Users Follow Browser Security Warnings

Users heed Web browser security warnings more than previously thought, according to research unveiled this week. The research is part of first in-depth large-scale field study of browser security warnings, according to Devdatta Akhawe of the University of California, Berkeley and Adrienne Porter...

The Need For Threat-Centric Security

Defenders are at an asymmetric disadvantage when it comes to defending their networks. Attackers spend every minute of their day focused exclusively on penetrating your network to accomplish their mission…and opportunities abound. Today’s modern networks go beyond the walls of the enterprise to...

Android, Symbian Malware on the Rise

Yes. You read that headline correctly. F-Secure is talking about the beleaguered and nearly defunct Symbian operating system, upon which Nokia halted nearly all development in February before announcing that it had been put in maintenance mode in September. Despite a nearly 63 percent drop in...

Tenable Release Nessus 5.0 vulnerability scanner

Tenable Release Nessus 5.0 vulnerability scanner Tenable Network Security announced Nessus 5.0 vulnerability and configuration assessment solution for enterprises and security professionals. Nessus version 5.0 introduces key features and improvements, separated into the four major phases of the...

Security Worth Buying

I’m a dirty vendor. That may not be the best way to start a serious dialogue about security product effectiveness, but I hate to read a post on security theory by some insincere tie-wearing wonk only to discover afterwards that he or she is Lord High Poobah of Marketing at “Scaring You For Profit...

Didier Stevens on PDF Hacking and Security

Dennis Fisher talks with Didier Stevens, the security researcher who developed the innovative method for using the /launch command in PDF readers to execute code on remote machines. Stevens discusses the ramifications of the discovery, the security of PDFs in general and the user behavior that...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 56 Konqueror 2.2.23.0 Weblogic Server 567 - Invalid X.509 Certificate Chain

Microsoft Internet Explorer 56 Konqueror 2.2.23.0 Weblogic Server 567 - Invalid X.509 Certificate Chain source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410/info A flaw has been reported in the handling of X.509 certificates by a number of products, including several web browsers. It may be possible fo...