CVE-2016-3104

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption and process termination by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database...

CVE-2016-3104

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption and process termination by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database...

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mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption and process termination by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database...

CVE-2016-3104

CVE-2016-3104 affects mongod in MongoDB 2.6 when using 2.4‑style users (and 2.4). A remote, unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting the in‑memory database representation during authentication against a non‑existent database, leading to memory exhaustion and possible p...

CVE-2016-3104

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CVE-2016-3104

mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption and process termination by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database...

CVE-2017-2665

The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plai...

'Anonymous' FTP Servers Leaving Healthcare Data Exposed

Hackers craving personal health care information are targeting exposed FTP servers. The FBI issued a warning last week that focused on an increase in criminal activity targeting FTP servers used by medical and dental organizations that are configured to allow anonymous access without...

Senator Demands Answers About CloudPets Breach

A U.S. senator has called Spiral Toys onto the carpet for its data security practices in light of the recent CloudPets breach. Sen. Bill Nelson D-FL, a ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and backer of a 2016 report on security and privacy concerns related to...

CloudPets Notifies California AG of Data Breach

Spiral Toys, the parent company behind CloudPets, yesterday sent the California Attorney General a breach notification that on many fronts contradicts what experts have said about a database breach that exposed user data and private voice messages, many of which were made by children. The...

Children's Voice Messages Leaked in CloudPets Database Breach

More than two million voice messages, many of them from children, along with the personal information of more than 800,000 registered users was swiped from an exposed MongoDB instance storing data collected from a internet-connected toy called CloudPets. These IP-enabled teddy bears allow childre...

MongoDB 3.0.x < 3.0.7 / 3.1.x < 3.1.9 Authentication Bypass

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mongoaudit - A Powerful MongoDB Auditing and Pentesting Tool

mongoaudit is a CLI tool for auditing MongoDB servers, detecting poor security settings and performing automated penetration testing. Installing with pip This is the recommended installation method in case you have python and pip . pip install mongoaudit Alternative installer Use this if and only...

MongoDB Security Audit: mongoaudit

MongoDB Security Audit mongoaudit is a CLI tool for auditing MongoDB servers, detecting poor security settings and performing automated penetration testing. It is widely known that there are quite a few holes in MongoDB’s default configuration settings. This fact, combined with abundant lazy syst...

Saying Goodbye to the ShadowBrokers, GoDaddy's Domain Validation Issue, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the ShadowBrokers’ farewell, GoDaddy’s buggy domain validation issue, MongoDB ransoms, and the latest with St. Jude Medical. Show notes: ShadowBrokers Bid Farewell, Close Doors ShadowBrokers Selling Windows Exploits, Attack Tools...

MongoDB Attacks Jump From Hundreds to 28,000 In Just Days

Security researchers report a massive uptick in the number of MongoDB databases hijacked and held for ransom. On Monday, researcher Niall Merrigan reported 28,000 misconfigured MongoDB were attacked by more than a dozen hacker groups. That’s sharp increase from last week when 2,000 MongoDB had be...

Hello Kitty Database of 3.3 Million Users Surfaces

A cache of data including 3.3 million user credentials belonging to Hello Kitty parent company Sanrio surfaced over the weekend. The breach was originally reported in December 2015, but at the time Sanrio denied any data was stolen as part of the breach. The breach was tied to a misconfigured...

Over 27,000 MongoDB Databases Held For Ransom Within A Week

The ransomware attacks on poorly secured MongoDB installations have doubled in just a day. A hacker going by the handle Harak1r1 is accessing, copying and deleting unpatched or badly-configured MongoDB databases and then threatening administrators to ransom in exchange of the lost data. It all...

Attacks On MongoDB Rise As Hijackings Continue

The number of insecure MongoDB databases being hijacked by criminals is growing according to experts who say attacks that began last week are now targeting more valuable assets. Since identifying attacks against MongoDB installations on Dec. 27, Victor Gevers, an ethical hacker and founder of GDI...

Someone Hijacking Unsecured MongoDB Databases for Ransom

Nearly two years back, we warned users about publicly accessible MongoDB instances – almost 600 Terabytes TB – over the Internet which require no authentication, potentially leaving websites and servers at risk of hacking. These MongoDB instances weren't exposed due to any flaw in its software, b...