NSA Director Says Agency Shares Vast Majority of Bugs it Finds

When the National Security Agency discovers a new vulnerability that looks like it might be of use in penetrating target networks, the agency considers a number of factors, including how popular the affected software is and where it’s typically deployed, before deciding whether to share the new...

CVE-2014-4810

IBM Cognos Mobile 10.1.1 before FP3 IF1, 10.2.0 before FP2 IF1, and 10.2.1 before FP4 IF1 preserves a session between the Cognos Mobile server and the Cognos Business Intelligence server after a logoff action on a mobile device, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended Busine...

CVE-2014-7325

The Business Intelligence aka com.magzter.businessintelligence application 3.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

Information disclosure

The Business Intelligence aka com.magzter.businessintelligence application 3.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-7325

The Business Intelligence aka com.magzter.businessintelligence application 3.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-7325

The CVE-2014-7325 entry concerns the Android app “Business Intelligence” (com.magzter.businessintelligence) version 3.0, which does not verify X.509 certificates when connecting to SSL servers. This root cause enables man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and exfiltrate sensitive informati...

Operation DeathClick APT Malvertising Campaign

Advanced persistent threat groups are using malvertising in order to compromise the networks of their adversaries in what appears to be an example of high-level, nation-state attackers borrowing tactics from the typically less sophisticated cybercriminal arsenals. Attackers are also borrowing fro...

[Onapsis Security Advisory 2014-030] SAP Business Objects Denial of Service via CORBA

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Onapsis Security Advisory 2014-020: SAP Business Objects Denial of Service via CORBA 1. Impact on Business ===================== By exploiting this vulnerability a remote unauthenticated attacker would be able to completely shut down the SAP Business...

Researchers Work to Predict Malicious Domains

SEATTLE–A typical phishing or Web-based malware attack usually isn’t terribly complex. But they need a few things in order to work, and one of the key components often is a malicious domain. Researchers spend a lot of time identifying and taking these domains down, but some researchers now are...

Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile App Designer Information Disclosure (CVE-2014-4249)

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile App Designer. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain parameters. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the vulnerable...

Treasure Map — Five Eyes Surveillance Program to Map the Entire Internet

The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, gained secret access to the German telecom companies’ internal networks, including Deutsche Telekom and Netcologne, in an effort to “map the entire Internet — any device, anywhere, all the time.” As reported by German news publicatio...

Documents in Long-Running Yahoo FISC Challenge Case Published

During a long-running secret dispute between Yahoo and government officials over the constitutionality of orders from the federal government to turn over data belonging to Yahoo users, the company was facing fines of $250,000 for refusing to comply with the order. The revelation is contained in a...

OpenSSL Heartbleed Impact, Vulnerabilities Down in 2014

On the one hand, the total number of vendor-reported vulnerabilities are down so far this year. On the other, 2014 was the year of the Heartbleed, the common name for a vulnerability in the nearly ubiquitous OpenSSL’s encryption implementation library, which IBM Security Systems characterized as...

Intelligence Insiders Disclose Bug Information With Tor

The executive director of the Tor Project told the BBC that U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies are in an internal cat and mouse game, with one faction trying to break the anonymity network, and another one sharing bugs anonymously with Tor developers. Andrew Leman, in an extensive...

Hillary Clinton's Phone Intercepted by German intelligence Agency

After the allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency NSA not only conducted mass surveillance on German citizens, but also spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own personal mobile phone for years, surveillance has become a big issue for Germany. So big, that Germany itself started...

Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher April 2012 Critical Patch Update

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher install is missing the April 2012 Critical Patch Update. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified vulnerability related to Administration. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Behind the CryptoLocker Disruption

LAS VEGAS–The takedown of the GameOver Zeus malware operation in June got more than its share of attention, but it was the concurrent demolition of the CryptoLocker ransomware infrastructure that may prove to have been the most important part of the operation. That outcome was the culmination of...

WordPress Business Intelligence Lite Plugin <= 1.0.6 - Remote Code Execution

This plugin is prone to a remote code execution exploit because of ofcuploadimage.php file parameters. Solution Update the plugin...

WordPress Business Intelligence Lite Plugin <= 1.0.6 - Remote Code Execution

This plugin is prone to a remote code execution exploit because of ofcuploadimage.php file parameters. Solution Update the plugin...

Leahy Introduces Bill to End Bulk Call Record Collection

Sen. Patrick Leahy has introduced an updated, tougher version of the USA FREEDOM Act that would end the bulk collection of data under Section 215 of FISA and also would require the appointment of a panel of special legal advocates who would represent the interests of individual privacy and civil...