White House Releases VEP Disclosure Rules

The U.S. government took steps toward offering more transparency into the Vulnerabilities Equities Process. On Wednesday it released of the “Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process” PDF charter that outlines how the government will disclose cyber security flaws and when it will keep them...

November 15, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Lewis and Clark” 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! November 15, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Some senators want to...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Slash Risk of Cyber Attacks by 85%

If a CISO needed to cut cyber attack risk by 85%, how would this security chief go about accomplishing that? Would the CISO even know where to begin? It’s safe to say that such a mandate would be considered daunting, and maybe even overwhelming. CISOs are scrambling to protect IT infrastructures...

Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Multiple JustSystems Products

JustSystems Ichitaro, Ichitaro Government and Ichitaro Pro are word processing software from JustSystems Japan.Rakuraku Hagaki is a postcard creation and search component. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in several JustSystems products. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to...

GSA Bounty: Subdomain Takeover

@picklepwns discovered a subdomain takeover attack. Technically, the domain was out of scope for our Vulnerability Disclosure Policy. We want to remind hackers to please limit their testing to domains explicitly listed in that scope which is repeated on our HackerOne program page for convenience...

Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Using (Unpatched) Microsoft Office DDE Exploit

Cybercriminals, including state-sponsored hackers, have started actively exploiting a newly discovered Microsoft Office vulnerability that Microsoft does not consider as a security issue and has already denied to patch it. Last month, we reported how hackers could leverage a built-in feature of...

Newly Uncovered 'SowBug' Cyber-Espionage Group Stealing Diplomatic Secrets Since 2015

A previously unknown hacking and cyber-espionage group that has been in operation since at least 2015 have conducted a series of highly targeted attacks against a host of government organizations in South America and Southeast Asia to steal their sensitive data. Codenamed Sowbug, the hacking grou...

government.nl XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.government.nl/search?keyword=%27%22%2F%3E%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%2FOPENBUGBOUNTY%2F%29%3C%2Fscript%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 88006 VIP website...

www1.maine.gov XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-385908 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| www1.maine.gov Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat...

Gaza Cybergang – updated activity in 2017:

1. Summary information The Gaza cybergang is an Arabic-language, politically-motivated cybercriminal group, operating since 2012 and actively targeting the MENA Middle East North Africa region. The Gaza cybergang's attacks have never slowed down and its typical targets include government...

October 25, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “World Series” 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! October 25, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: How Wi-Fi KRACK...

bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-361168 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| bip.warszawa.so.gov.pl Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention...

ACLU Attorney: U.S. Citizens Legally Unsheltered from Abusive Surveillance

U.S. law has failed to protect Americans from widespread and excessive surveillance, a dire situation that requires immediate attention from citizens, lawmakers, attorneys, privacy experts and the courts. That was the urgent warning Jennifer S. Granick, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at t...

Kaspersky Opens Antivirus Source Code for Independent Review to Rebuild Trust

Kaspersky Lab — We have nothing to hide! Russia-based Antivirus firm hits back with what it calls a "comprehensive transparency initiative," to allow independent third-party review of its source code and internal processes to win back the trust of customers and infosec community. Kaspersky launch...

IoT Cybersecurity: What's Plan B?

In August, four US Senators introduced a bill designed to improve Internet of Things IoT security. The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 is a modest piece of legislation. It doesn't regulate the IoT market. It doesn't single out any industries for particular attention, or force any...

Critical Code Execution Flaw Patched in PeopleSoft Core Engine

Organizations that have their PeopleSoft installations exposed to the internet should pay special attention to a remote code execution vulnerability patched on Tuesday as part of Oracle’s massive quarterly Critical Patch Update. The flaw, CVE-2017-10366, allows an attacker to gain remote code...

nelincs.gov.uk XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-341095 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| nelincs.gov.uk 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...

october.tomsk.gov.ru XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-340977 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| october.tomsk.gov.ru 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...

web2.gov.mb.ca XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/display2.php?p="=ccsm/h060e.php=\n Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 15.01.2018 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP website status:| ...

CVE-2017-13084

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2017-10-16 10:16:35+00:00| exploited| https://t.me/bykvaadm/327 2017-10-17 04:00:00+00:00| seen| https://www.govcert.gov.hk/en/alertsdetail.php?id=233 2017-10-27 23:29:14+00:00| exploited| https://t.me/SHATOOB/2227 2023-12-17 22:09:57+00:00| seen|...