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netool.sh - MitM Pentesting Opensource T00lkit
netool.sh toolkit provides a fast and easy way For new arrivals to IT security pentesting and also to experience users to use allmost all features that the Man-In-The-Middle can provide under local lan, since scanning, sniffing and social engeneering attacks "spear phishing attacks"... DESCRIPTIO...
MikroTik RouterOS Cross Site Request Forgery
MikroTik RouterOS v5.0 Admin Password Change CSRF Vulnerability by @SymbianSyMoh What is MikroTik RouterOS?! MikroTik RouterOS is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, known as the MikroTik RouterOS. Installed on the company's proprietary hardware RouterBOARD series, or on standard...
Dridex Banking Trojan Spreading Via Macros in XML Files
Not long ago, criminals pushing the Dridex banking Trojan were using Microsoft Excel documents spiked with a malicious macro as a phishing lure to entice victims to load the malware onto their machines. Even though macros are disabled by default inside most organizations, the persistent hackers a...
Network Time Protocol Vulnerabilities (Supplement Update A)
OVERVIEW --------- Begin Update A Part 1 of 2 -------- This advisory supplement is to accompany the NCCIC/ICS-CERT advisory titled ICSA-14-353-01C Network Time Protocol Vulnerabilities that was published February 5, 2015, on the ICS‑CERT web site. --------- End Update A Part 1 of 2 ----------...
FTC Details the Top 10 Imposter Scams of 2014
The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an advisory describing the top 10 reported imposter scams for 2014. Scam operators often impersonate individuals, companies, and organizations to entice targets to participate in fraudulent financial transactions. Users are encouraged to review the FT...
Pharming Attack Targets Home Router DNS Settings
Pharming attacks are generally network-based intrusions where the ultimate goal is to redirect a victim’s web traffic to a hacker-controlled webserver, generally through a malicious modification of DNS settings. Some of these attacks, however, are starting to move to the web and have their...
Google releases Cloud-based Web App Vulnerability Scanner and Assessment Tool
Google on Thursday unleashed its own free web application vulnerability scanner tool, which the search engine giant calls Google Cloud Security Scanner, that will potentially scan developers' applications for common security vulnerabilities on its cloud platform more effectively. SCANNER ADDRESSE...
Desert Falcons: First Arabic Cyberespionage Operation Uncovered
CANCUN, Mexico — A Middle Eastern cyberespionage gang is capitalizing on subpar security practices in the region to backdoor a mix of business, political and military targets. Dubbed Desert Falcons, the gang is thought to be the first Arabic APT operation, according to researchers at Kaspersky La...
Qt Weekly #26: Protecting your application against hacking
Open-source applications are open by nature, indented and encouraged for tweaking, hacking and further development. For a business critical application or a device there sometimes is desire to make it closed and prevent modifications. Because of the dual licensing, Qt offers a commercial license...
PhEmail - Automate Sending Phishing Emails
PhEmail is a python open source phishing email tool that automates the process of sending phishing emails as part of a social engineering test. The main purpose of PhEmail is to send a bunch of phishing emails and prove who clicked on them without attempting to exploit the web browser or email...
Pro-Syria Cyberespionage Campaign Uses Social Engineering
It’s a tried-and-true plotline for many a corny movie: the lonely soldier on the front lines falling for a girl who turns out to be the enemy. If you apply a 2015 reality to that scenario, you have the lonely soldier Skyping with an alluring woman who turns out to be an enemy hacker dropping cust...
FBI: Business Email Compromise Scams Steal $214m in 2014
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 is sounding the alarm on a type of fraud they are calling business email compromise BEC scams. The scheme, formerly known as a man-in-the-email attack, comes in three distinct flavors, each of which is ultimately designed to dupe corporate employees o...
Analysis of Flash Zero Day Shows Layers of Obfuscation
The Flash zero day that made its way into the Angler exploit kit was wrapped in multiple layers of obfuscation and has the ability to inject its malicious payload straight into users’ browsers. In the last week, since the news broke of the Adobe Flash zero-day flaw appearing in the Angler kit,...
IC3 Releases Alert for a Scam Targeting Businesses
The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert warning companies of a sophisticated wire payment scam dubbed the Business E-mail Compromise. Scammers use fraudulent information to trick companies into directing financial transactions into accounts they control. Users are encouraged...
CSRF Vulnerability Patched in GoDaddy Domain Settings
Domain registrar GoDaddy yesterday patched a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to change domain settings on a site registered with GoDaddy. The flaw was reported on Saturday and patched within 48 hours, according to Dylan Saccomanni, a web application...
Microsoft Office Files Containing Malicious Downloader
Microsoft Office files might contain a malicious downloader. A remote attacker could send spam e-mails including those downloaders, and use social engineering in order to convince users to manually enable them. This would allow the malicious code to run and infect the target system...
Affordable Care Act Phishing Campaign
US-CERT is aware of a phishing campaign purporting to come from a U.S. Federal Government Agency. The phishing emails reference the Affordable Care Act in the subject and claim to direct users to health coverage information, but instead direct them to sites which attempt to elicit private...
WiFiPhisher - Fast automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks
Wifiphisher is a security tool that mounts fast automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks in order to obtain secret passphrases and other credentials. It is a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining...
Social Engineering Email Sender – SEES
SEES – Social Engineering Email Sender Most of the companies nowadays have their firewalls, threat monitoring and prevention security appliances setup. With these mechanisms in place, security precautions are taken and incidents are monitored. Inbound traffic being restricted, SEES on the other...