Analyzing Angler: World's Most Sophisticated Exploit Kit

The Angler exploit kit was ahead of the game when it began detecting antivirus and virtual machines and deploying encrypted dropper files. It’s repeatedly proven itself the fastest kit to incorporate newly released zero-days and its malware runs from memory, without having to write to the...

ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8056276)

A boundary check flaw was found in the font parsing code in the 2D component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted font file could allow an untrusted Java application or applet to disclose portions of the Java Virtual Machine memory...

JDK: unspecified partial Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine JVM in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access permissions and obtain sensitive information via...

JDK: unspecified full Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine JVM in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vector...

JDK: unspecified full Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine JVM in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vector...

JDK: unspecified partial Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine JVM in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access permissions and obtain sensitive information via...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-ibm security update

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

Hanjuan Exploit Kit, Malvertising Dangers in Flash Zero Days

The recent trio of Flash zero days has not only caused a lot of scrambling at Adobe—which yesterday released a patch for the last in that line of vulnerabilities—but also shined light on a fairly unknown exploit kit, exposed the evolving danger associated with malvertising, and made clear the pai...

Adobe Begins Patching Third Flash Player Zero Day

Adobe announced today that it will begin distributing a patch for the third and most recent zero-day vulnerability in Flash Player. Version 16.0.0.305 will be distributed to users who have enabled auto-update. Adobe said it expects to have a manual update available tomorrow. “We are working with...

Third Adobe Flash 0Day Under Attack in HanJuan Exploit Kit

The little-known HanJuan exploit kit is delivering attacks targeting the most recent Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability. Adobe has yet to produce a patch for the flaw, which researchers at Trustwave said is a use-after-free vulnerability. The flaw is the third to hit Flash in the last two...

0day third bomb: yet another Flash critical vulnerability-exposure-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Recently, a third serious Flash 0day vulnerabilities show up. The vulnerability affects Windows, Linux, Mac system Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and all earlier versions, can lead to attacker control of the target system. Vulnerability This is the last few weeks Adobe user the third facing 0day...

1,800 Domains Overtaken by Flash Zero Day

When the Blackhole exploit kit went away after the arrest of its alleged creator and maintainer Paunch, there were questions about which kit would rise up as its successor. It seems that the Angler exploit kit has ascended to the throne. The most definitive evidence seems to be the constant...

New Wave of CTB-Locker/Critroni Ransomware Hitting Victims

There is a new wave of attacks delivering the CTB-Locker or Critroni crypto ransomware, arriving through spam messages with a variety of lures in several different countries. CTB-Locker is one of the newer variants in the crypto ransomware family, a kind of malware that encrypts victims’ hard...

HanJuan Exploit Kit Landing Page (CVE-2015-0313)

HanJuan exploit kit is a web exploit kit that operates by delivering malicious payload to the victim's computer. Remote attackers can infect users with HanJuan exploit kit by enticing them to visit a malicious web page. Successful infection will allow the attacker to perform Remote Code Execution...

Another Flash Zero Day Emerges

For the third time in the last couple of weeks, Adobe is dealing with a zero day vulnerability in Flash. The company is working on a patch for another Flash bug that is being exploited in drive-by download attacks. Adobe officials released an advisory Monday warning users that attackers are...

Another Unpatched Adobe Flash Zero-Day vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Warning for Adobe users! Another zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player that is actively being exploited by cyber crooks in drive-by download attacks, security researchers warned today. This is for the third time in last few weeks when Adobe is dealing with a zero day...

CVE-2014-9200

Stack-based buffer overflow in an unspecified DLL file in a DTM development kit in Schneider Electric Unity Pro, SoMachine, SoMove, SoMove Lite, Modbus Communication Library 2.2.6 and earlier, CANopen Communication Library 1.0.2 and earlier, EtherNet/IP Communication Library 1.0.0 and earlier, EM...

Analysis of Flash Zero Day Shows Layers of Obfuscation

The Flash zero day that made its way into the Angler exploit kit was wrapped in multiple layers of obfuscation and has the ability to inject its malicious payload straight into users’ browsers. In the last week, since the news broke of the Adobe Flash zero-day flaw appearing in the Angler kit,...

CapTipper - Malicious HTTP traffic explorer tool

CapTipper is a python tool to analyze, explore and revive HTTP malicious traffic. CapTipper sets up a web server that acts exactly as the server in the PCAP file, and contains internal tools, with a powerful interactive console, for analysis and inspection of the hosts, objects and conversations...

ICU: font parsing OOB read (OpenJDK 2D, 8055489)

A boundary check flaw was found in the font parsing code in the 2D component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted font file could allow an untrusted Java application or applet to disclose portions of the Java Virtual Machine memory...