Iranian Hackers Target US Defense Contractors

An Iranian hacking group has moved from politically motivated website defacements to a new specialty – cyberespionage. The group known as the Ajax Security Team has been outed as the perpetrators of a number of espionage operations against U.S.-based defense contractors in addition to targeting...

Broken IE: full version of remote code execution 0day disclosure CVE-2 0 1 4-1 7 7 6-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Microsoft today released a security Bulletin 2 9 6 3 9 8 3, it not only relates to the 6/7/8/9 Edition, also affects the latest IE10/1 1 browser, both the version of the browser is detected a remote code execution vulnerability if a user visited to the particular design through the malicious...

Adobe Flash Player - Regular Expression Heap Overflow (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http//metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 "Adobe Flash Player Regular Expression Heap Overflow", 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability found in the ActiveX...

Malaysian flight MH370 tragedy abused by Chinese hackers for Espionage attacks

The Mysterious Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft that has gone missing by the time it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The Malaysian Prime Minister had also confirmed that the Malaysia Airlines plane had crashed in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean. Cyber...

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 spear phishing emails spotted

Hold off on the notion that watering hole attacks may supplant phishing as the initial means of compromise in advanced attacks. A number of recent targeted campaigns have used the crash of Malaysia Airlines 370 as a lure to infect government officials in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific. FireEye today...

On the use of Adobe 0day – CVE-2 0 1 4-0 5 0 2 attack behavior analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The other day FireEye released a use AdobeFlash new 0day attack report, and Adobe has been based on vulnerabilities released a security update. According to FireEye report, many sites will redirect visitors to the following contain a Trojan the malicious Server: Peterson Institute for...

New Apple vulnerability allows Malicious keylogger App to Record User Inputs

Yet another Apple vulnerability has been exposed by security researchers, that can be exploited to track your finger's every action on iOS Devices i.e. iPhone, iPad etc. The exploit reportedly targets a flaw in iOS multitasking capabilities to capture user inputs, according to Security researcher...

Microsoft Ships IE 10 Zero Day Fix-It Tool

Microsoft last night released a Fix-It tool as a temporary mitigation for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 10 being exploited by two hacker groups against the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the U.S. as well as a French aerospace manufacturer. IE 9 also contains the same use-after free...

Second Group Seen Using IE 10 Zero Day

There are at least two different groups running attacks exploiting the recently published zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 10, and researchers say one of the groups used the bug to impersonate a French aerospace manufacturer and compromise victims visiting the spoofed Web page. The...

CVE-2014-0322: Internet Explorer zero-day exploit targets US Military Intelligence

Hackers are using a zero day vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer IE web browser and targeting US military personnels in an active attack campaign, dubbed as 'Operation Snowman'. FireEye Researchers have discovered that a U.S. veterans website was compromised to serve a zero day exploit...

New IE Zero Day Found Targeting Military Intelligence

Attackers were able to compromise the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars’ website this week and serve up a previously unknown zero day exploit in Internet Explorer 10, and while motivation behind the campaign is still unclear, experts are speculating its aim was to procure military intelligence...

Internet Explorer CMarkup use-after-free vulnerability

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the MSHTML CMarkup component, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the...

New Android Malware Steals Messages, Intercepts Calls

A new strain of Android malware has been spotted that masquerades as an Android security app but once installed, can steal text messages and intercept phone calls without the device’s owner being any the wiser. Dubbed Android.HeHe, the malware has six variants according to a blog post yesterday b...

China APT Hackers Target Diplomats in Ke3chang Campaign

European diplomats and ministries of foreign affairs have been targeted during recent G20 meetings by Chinese-speaking hackers conducting espionage campaigns using malware to siphon secrets from compromised computers. The latest incidents came in August when spear phishing messages spiked with...

Microsoft released Security Patch for CVE-2013-5065 TIFF Zero-Day vulnerability

Microsoft has released 11 Security Patch this Tuesday, including one for CVE-2013-5065 zero-day vulnerability, recently discovered Local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a hacker to launch an attack using corrupted TIFF images to take over victims' computers. FireEye researcher...

TIFF Zero Day Patch Among December 2013 Microsoft updates

Microsoft will, next week, patch a zero-day vulnerability in its GDI+ graphics component being exploited in targeted attacks in the Middle East and Asia. The zero day has sat unpatched since it was made public Nov. 5; Microsoft did release a FixIt tool as a temporary mitigation. The patch is one ...

CVE-2013-5065: Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003 Privilege escalation Zero-Day exploit discovered

Researchers at FireEye have discovered a new privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. CVE-2013-5065, Local privilege escalation vulnerability is used in-the-wild in conjunction with an Adobe Reader exploit CVE-2013-3346 that appears to target a patched...

11 China APTs Linked by Central Arms Dealer Infrastructure

As targeted Chinese espionage campaigns are disclosed, it’s easy to get caught up in the immediate impact and details with regard to the compromised site or malware samples involved. It’s also simple to discount them as separate endeavors, one-off projects targeting the secrets held so precious b...

IE Zero Day Patch Already in November Patch Tuesday Updates

Microsoft announced this afternoon that the zero-day vulnerability being exploited in a watering hole attack against an unnamed U.S.-based NGO website was already scheduled to be patched in a cumulative Internet Explorer update tomorrow. The zero-day was reported publicly on Friday by FireEye...

Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability actively being exploited in the wild

Security researchers at FireEye have detected a new series of drive-by attacks based on a new Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability. The attackers breached a website based in the US to deploy the exploit code to conduct a classic watering hole attack. The discovery was announced just a few day...