Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

Android Malware Found Exploiting Google Cloud Messaging Service

Researchers have discovered a number of malicious Android apps are using Google’s Cloud Messaging service and leveraging it as a command and control server to carry out attacks. A post on Securelist today by Kaspersky Lab’s Roman Unuchek, breaks down five Trojans that have been spotted checking i...

New Attack Leverages Mobile Ad Network to Deliver Android Malware

Ad networks have been a key component of the malware and cybercrime ecosystem for a long time and their role is becoming more and more complicated, as researchers from WhiteHat Security showed at Black Hat recently. That problem is now moving to the mobile Web, and researchers at Palo Alto Networ...

Several Malicious Android apps found on Google Play affects 25,000 devices

As time goes on, though, the Malware Risk on Mobile Platforms appears to be increasing. A flood of scammy apps that are difficult for Google to detect, and therefore stays available for download for several days before being removed. The Russia-based firm Dr Web today said it has discovered sever...

Several Malicious Android apps found on Google Play affects 25,000 devices

As time goes on, though, the Malware Risk on Mobile Platforms appears to be increasing. A flood of scammy apps that are difficult for Google to detect, and therefore stays available for download for several days before being removed. The Russia-based firm Dr Web today said it has discovered sever...

Android malware loaded with Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. A recently discovered Linux kernel Local privilege escalation exploit, which allows attackers to gain complete control of infected devices, has been ported to the Android smartphone...

Evernote Two-Factor Authentication for Paid Accounts

Cloud-based note taking service Evernote this week pushed out three new security features including two-factor authentication for some users’ accounts in hopes of adding an extra layer of protection. The service is among the latest to hop on the two-step verification bandwagon, following Amazon...

PT-2013-1323 · Schneider Electric · Modicon M340 +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Modicon M340 versions affected versions not specified Modicon Quantum versions affected versions not specified Modicon Premium versions affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to errors in security mechanisms, which...

Bitcoin mining malware found in E-Sports Entertainment (ESEA) software

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Bitcoin mining malware found in E-Sports Entertainment (ESEA) software

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'BadNews' Android Malware downloaded up to 9 million times

It appears as if another malware scare has come to Android. Lookout Security said on Friday that it has discovered a new family of malware called BadNews. Malware that avoided detection and made its way onto the Google Play store has been downloaded around 9 million times by users from all over t...

CVE-2013-0664

The FactoryCast service on the Schneider Electric Quantum 140NOE77111 and 140NWM10000, M340 BMXNOE0110x, and Premium TSXETY5103 PLC modules allows remote authenticated users to send Modbus messages, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by embedding these messages in SOAP HTTP POST requests...

Code injection

The FactoryCast service on the Schneider Electric Quantum 140NOE77111 and 140NWM10000, M340 BMXNOE0110x, and Premium TSXETY5103 PLC modules allows remote authenticated users to send Modbus messages, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by embedding these messages in SOAP HTTP POST requests...

CVE-2013-0663

Cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability on the Schneider Electric Quantum 140NOE77111, 140NOE77101, and 140NWM10000; M340 BMXNOC0401, BMXNOE0100x, and BMXNOE011xx; and Premium TSXETY4103, TSXETY5103, and TSXWMY100 PLC modules allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary...

CVE-2013-0663

CVE-2013-0663 affects Schneider Electric Modicon M340, Quantum 140NOE7711x/140NWM10000, and Premium TSXETY4103/5103/TSXWMY100 PLC modules. The vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the web server interface that permits remote attackers to hijack user authentication and issue com...

CVE-2013-0664

CVE-2013-0664 affects Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs (Quantum 140NOE77111, 140NWM10000, M340 BMXNOE0110x, Premium TSXETY5103). The vulnerability arises in the FactoryCast feature: remote authenticated users can embed Modbus messages in SOAP HTTP POST requests, enabling arbitrary code execution o...

PT-2013-1300

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Schneider Electric Quantum versions 140NOE77111, 140NOE77101, and 140NWM10000 Schneider Electric M340 versions BMXNOC0401, BMXNOE0100x, and BMXNOE011xx Schneider Electric Premium versions TSXETY4103, TSXETY5103, and TSXWMY100 Description A...

CVE-2013-0664: Undefined Security Weakness

The FactoryCast service on the Schneider Electric Quantum 140NOE77111 and 140NWM10000, M340 BMXNOE0110x, and Premium TSXETY5103 PLC modules allows remote authenticated users to send Modbus messages, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by embedding these messages in SOAP HTTP POST requests...

CVE-2013-0663: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability on the Schneider Electric Quantum 140NOE77111, 140NOE77101, and 140NWM10000; M340 BMXNOC0401, BMXNOE0100x, and BMXNOE011xx; and Premium TSXETY4103, TSXETY5103, and TSXWMY100 PLC modules allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary...

CVE-2013-1785

The vulnerability CVE-2013-1785 affects the Premium Responsive theme for Drupal (versions prior to 7.x-1.6). The issue is an XSS flaw in the theme’s 3-slide gallery where user-entered content isn’t properly sanitized, allowing remote authenticated users with the administer themes permission to in...