When three isn’t a crowd: Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks explained

Gone are the days when eavesdropping is just the stuff of spies and the town gossip. In fact, it has evolved to become everyone’s favorite pastime. Thanks to the internet, it is exponentially easier now more than ever to idle by and catch juicy information than to press your ear against your...

eoc.iowa.gov XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-640234 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| eoc.iowa.gov Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

maa.maryland.gov XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-640165 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| maa.maryland.gov Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

IEEE Statement on Strong Encryption vs. Backdoors

The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. We oppose efforts by governments to restrict the use of strong encryption and/or to mandate exceptional access mechanisms suc...

New Malware Family Uses Custom UDP Protocol for C&C Communications

Security researchers have uncovered a new highly-targeted cyber espionage campaign, which is believed to be associated with a hacking group behind KHRAT backdoor Trojan and has been targeting organizations in South East Asia. According to researchers from Palo Alto, the hacking group, which they...

Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy rights, but experts say it may have limited bearing on the selling of real-time customer location data by...

APT15 Pokes Its Head Out With Upgraded MirageFox RAT

The elusive APT15 cyber-espionage group, believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government, has been spotted for the first time in many months, mounting a highly targeted spy campaign using an upgraded version of the Mirage remote access trojan. This is the first evidence of the China-linked...

sei.palmares.gov.br XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-633929 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| sei.palmares.gov.br Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

yzt.beijing.gov.cn Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-633872 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| yzt.beijing.gov.cn Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4...

Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM WebSphere Application Server shipped with Asset and Service Management (CVE-2017-1788)

Summary IBM WebSphere Application Server is shipped as a component of Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, Maximo Industry Solutions including Maximo for Energy Optimization, Maximo for Government, Maximo for Nuclear Power, Maximo for Transportation, Maximo for Life...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Asset Management could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information using HTTP Header Injection (CVE-2017-1124)

Summary IBM Maximo Asset Management could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information using HTTP Header Injection. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-1124 DESCRIPTION: IBM Maximo Asset Management could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information using HTTP Header Injectio...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Asset Management could allow an authenticated user to view query results that the user should not have access to view due to improper access control (CVE-2015-5051)

Summary IBM Maximo Asset Management contains a vulnerability which could allow an authenticated user to view query results that the user should not have access to view due to improper access control. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to compromise data integrity. The vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications (CVE-2015-2808)

Summary The RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS affects IBM Content Collector for SAP Applications. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-2808 DESCRIPTION:The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker...

sis-nfe.mesquita.rj.gov.br XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-633001 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| sis-nfe.mesquita.rj.gov.br Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

sei.df.gov.br XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-632654 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| sei.df.gov.br Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

ntljira.nt.gov.au XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-632509 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| ntljira.nt.gov.au Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

stb.gov.sg XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-631892 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| stb.gov.sg Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity

The Department of Homeland Security DHS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have identified Trojan malware variants—referred to as TYPEFRAME—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA. US-CERT...

LuckyMouse hits national data center to organize country-level waterholing campaign

What happened? In March 2018 we detected an ongoing campaign targeting a national data center in the Central Asia that we believe has been active since autumn 2017. The choice of target made this campaign especially significant – it meant the attackers gained access to a wide range of government...

Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole

Last month's story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support...