Researcher Finds Three New Exploits Targeting Latest IE Zero-Day

A researcher at AlienVault has discovered three new servers delivering exploits targeting the latest zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Jamie Blasco, AlienVault Labs manager, said the one of the servers is delivering a new malware payload, and all of them appear to be targeting defense...

Plugx RAT targeting government organizations in Japan using spear phishing

Roland Dela Paz Threat Researcher at TrendMirco reported that last year a Malware Campaign to target specific users in Japan, China, and Taiwan once again on rise using new breed of Remote Access Tool RAT called Plugx also known as Korplug. This new custom made version comes for less recognition...

My DEFCON social engineering talk and DerbyCon

This year has been a year of firsts for me and for Coalfire. I was recently hired to my first Information security job as a penetration tester for Coalfire Labs, the forensic and app/network testing side of Coalfire. Many of the Coalfire Labs team attended DEFCON in Las Vegas in early August.. No...

SMB QuickFixEngineering (QFE) Enumeration

By connecting to the host with the supplied credentials, this plugin enumerates quick-fix engineering updates installed on the remote host via the registry. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid62042; scriptversion"1.8";...

Report: Advanced Malware Targeting Organizations up Nearly 400 Percent

There’s been a huge jump in malicious, web-based infections targeting companies in the last year, a nearly 400 percent increase from last year, according to research released today by network security company FireEye. The company’s “Advanced Threat Report – 1H 2012,” blames the jump on attackers’...

iPhone SMS spoofing vulnerability disclosure-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Vulnerability description: 4 days ago Pod2g issued a document to Never trust SMS: iOS text spoofin http://pod2g-ios.blogspot.com/2012/08/never-trust-sms-ios-text-spoofing.html The vulnerability can affect all iOS version including the latest iOS 6 beta 4 to. And cloth use the program:...

US-CERT Alert TA12-240A - Oracle Java 7 Security Manager Bypass Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Awareness System US-CERT Alert TA12-240A Oracle Java 7 Security Manager Bypass Vulnerability Original release date: August 27, 2012 Last revised: -- Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java 7 1.7, 1.7.0 including: Java Platform...

Google Building Privacy Red Team

Google, which has come under fire for years for its privacy practices and recently settled a privacy related case with the Federal Trade Commission that resulted in a $22.5 million fine, is building out a privacy “red team”, a group of people charged with finding and resolving privacy risks in th...

Hijacking Virtual Machines with Crisis malware

The Windows version of Crisis, a piece of malware discovered in July, is capable of infecting VMware virtual machine images, Windows Mobile devices and removable USB drives, according to researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec.The installer was actually a Java archive JAR file which had been...

Sensitive data in human brain successfully extract by Hackers

It is now possible to hack the human brain ? YES ! This was explained researchers at the Usenix Conference on Security, held from 8 to 10 August in Washington State. Using a commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer interface, the researchers have shown that it's possible to hack your brain, forcin...

Own the Email, Own the Person

For attackers looking to take control of a victim’s online presence, there is no better place to start than the target’s email account. If you own the email, you own the person. That’s never been more true than today, with so many social networks, services and shopping sites attached to users’...

Researcher Finds iPhone Bug Allows SMS Spoofing

The iPhone SMS app contains a quirky bug that could allow someone to send a user a text message that appears to come from any number that the sender specifies. The researcher who discovered the bug said that it could be used by attackers to spoof messages from a bank or credit card company and se...

Malicious Olympic 2012 Android Apps & Domains

Whenever an important event takes place, new opportunities for cyber criminals, especially for those who develop attacks based on social engineering, arise. Currently, the whole world has its eyes glued to TV screens watching the London 2012 Olympic Games. Anti-malware and anti-virus solutions...

Joomla joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 multiple defects and repair-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Title: Joomla joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilites Author: Daniel Barragan "D4NB4R" Developer: http://www.joomgalaxy.com/ Affected version: 1.2.0.4 last update on Jul 2 7, 2 0 1 2 Test platform: Linuxbt5-Windows7ultimate Description Joomgalaxy is a rich, comprehensive directory component...

Gizmodo gets hacked via Apple tech support

Is your iCloud account secured by a good password? Please Don't rely on the cloud. Here's a terrifying tale of modern hacking. Mat Honan, a reporter at tech site Gizmodo, was playing with his daughter when his phone went dead. Thinking it was a software glitch, he rebooted, and went to log in to...

Openconstructor CMS 3.12.0 Reflected XSS

Title: Openconstructor CMS 3.12.0 Multiple Reflected Cross-site Scrpting vulnerabilities Affected Software: http://www.openconstructor.org/ http://code.google.com/p/openconstructor/downloads/list http://esectorsolutions.com/about/whats-new/esector-news/detailed/?id=234 Description: Openconstructo...

Joomla! Component com_joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Joomla! Component comjoomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Exploit Title: Joomla joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilites dork: inurl:comjoomgalaxy Date: 01-08-2012 Author: Daniel Barragan "D4NB4R" Twitter: @D4NB4R site: http://poisonsecurity.wordpress.com/ Vendor:...

Joomla Joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 Shell Upload / SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Joomla joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilites dork: inurl:comjoomgalaxy Date: 01-08-2012 Author: Daniel Barragan "D4NB4R" Twitter: @D4NB4R site: http://poisonsecurity.wordpress.com/ Vendor: http://www.joomgalaxy.com/ Version: 1.2.0.4 last update on Jul 27, 2012 License:...

Joomla! Component com_joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit Title: Joomla joomgalaxy 1.2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilites dork: inurl:comjoomgalaxy Date: 01-08-2012 Author: Daniel Barragan "D4NB4R" Twitter: @D4NB4R site: http://poisonsecurity.wordpress.com/ Vendor: http://www.joomgalaxy.com/ Version: 1.2.0.4 last update on Jul 27, 2012 License:...

Small windows can be used in several ways to trick users into executing downloads

When the download dialog is displayed, it should always be visible to the user, to ensure that the user realizes it is there. If the dialog is displayed in a small enough window, the user may not realize it is being displayed, and if the right keyboard sequence is carefully followed, they can end...