OpenJDK: DefaultFormatter insufficient data validation (Swing, 7195194)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, 6 Update 35 and earlier, 5.0 Update 36 and earlier, and 1.4.238 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related ...

New Java Attack Introduced into Cool Exploit Kit

A new exploit has been found in the Cool Exploit Kit for a vulnerability in Java 7 Update 7 as well as older versions, a flaw that’s been patched by Oracle in Java 7 Update 9. Cool Exploit Kit was discovered last month and is largely responsible for dropping the Reveton ransomware. A new Metasplo...

Adobe Reader zero-day vulnerability with modified Blackhole Exploit-Kit

Group-IB, a Russian cybercrime investigation company has discovered a zero-day vulnerability, affects Adobe Reader X and Adobe Reader XI. The vulnerability is also included in new modified version of Blackhole Exploit-Kit, which is used for the distributing the banking Trojans Zeus, Spyeye,...

IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x < 7.1.2.8 / 8.0.0.x < 8.0.0.4 GSKit Spoofing (credentialed check)

The remote host has a version of IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x prior to 7.1.2.8 / 8.0.0.x prior to 8.0.0.4 installed. It is, therefore, affected by a spoofing vulnerability related to the included Global Security Kit GSKit and certificate objects. The GSKit does not enforce file integrity of the...

ZeroAccess Botnet Cashing in on Click Fraud and Bitcoin Mining

A mid-year switch in communication protocol and distribution strategy is behind a spike in activity from the ZeroAccess botnet, a prolific and malicious ad click fraud network. Researchers at Kindsight Security Lab reported today that ZeroAccess accounts for 29 percent of home network infections ...

Fake Payroll Confirmation Email Leads to Black Hole Exploit Kit

Criminal hackers launched an attack campaign earlier this week in which they sent a slew of emails purporting to come from the financial software developer Intuit. The emails contained links that led to sites hosting the Blackhole exploit kit in an apparent attempt to infect the machines of...

Apple update removes Java plugin from OS X browsers

Apple has discontinued its own Java plugin, issuing an 'update' that removes it from MacOS and encourages users to instead download Oracle's version of the software. Its another step by Apple towards making OS X safer on the web. Mac users may have noticed that Java-based websites are displaying ...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1385 centos5

Check for the Version of java OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1385 centos5 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

RedHat Update for java-1.7.0-openjdk RHSA-2012:1386-01

Check for the Version of java-1.7.0-openjdk OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for java-1.7.0-openjdk RHSA-2012:1386-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1386 centos6

Check for the Version of java OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for java CESA-2012:1386 centos6 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

RedHat Update for java-1.7.0-openjdk RHSA-2012:1386-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

java security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:1385 Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring Syst...

java security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:1386 Updated java-1.7.0-openjdk packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring Syst...

Deluge of Election-Related Spam, Threats Begins

It was only a matter of time before the inevitable wave of malicious, election-tinged spam began to rain down upon internet users. In the wake of last week’s presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, it appears the floodgates have opened. According to ...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm-sap packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 for SAP. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detail...

Portable Multi-boot Security Suite: Katana

Katana is a portable multi-boot security suite which brings together many of today’s best security distributions and portable applications to run off a single Flash Drive. It includes distributions which focus on Pen-Testing, Auditing, Forensics, System Recovery, Network Analysis, and Malware...

Fake ADP and FDIC Notifications Leading Users to Blackhole Exploit Kit

With the latest iteration of the Blackhole Exploit Kit hitting the web this week, attackers are going to great lengths to spread around links to get unsuspecting victims to click through to the first version of the kit. E-mail notifications claiming to come from Microsoft Exchange, ADP, the Feder...

BlackHole Exploit Kit 2.0 released with more latest Exploits

According to release announcement on Pastebin by unknown developers in a Russian-language BlackHole Exploit Kit 2.0 released with more latest Exploits. BlackHole is one of the most dominant exploit toolkits currently available in the underground market. It enables attackers to exploit security...

Black Hole Exploit Kit 2.0 Released

The developer behind the notorious Black Hole exploit kit has released a new version of the software, adding in several new features designed to prevent security researchers from getting access to new exploits or reverse-engineering the kit’s inner workings. Conveniently, the pricing for Black Ho...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2007-243-01)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...