Twitter to Update API to Require Authentication

In order to limit malicious use, Twitter is closing ranks around its API and requiring application developers use authentication in its upcoming new release. The company announced Thursday afternoon in a blog post that it was introducing new restrictions in v1.1 to create a “more consistent Twitt...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: nsd-3.2.12-1.fc16

NSD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS name server. For further information about what NSD is and what NSD is not please consult the REQUIREMENTS document which is a part of this distribution thanks to Olaf...

Design/Logic Flaw

mod/forum/unsubscribeall.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not consider whether a forum is optional, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass forum-subscription requirements by leveraging the student role and unsubscribing from all forums...

CVE-2012-3392

mod/forum/unsubscribeall.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not consider whether a forum is optional, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass forum-subscription requirements by leveraging the student role and unsubscribing from all forums...

CVE-2012-3392

mod/forum/unsubscribeall.php in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.7 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not consider whether a forum is optional, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass forum-subscription requirements by leveraging the student role and unsubscribing from all forums...

PT-2012-4685

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.6 Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.3 Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass forum-subscription requirements by leveraging the student role and unsubscribing from all forums, due to...

CVE-2012-2356

The question-bank functionality in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions via a savequestion action...

CVE-2012-2356

The question-bank functionality in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended capability requirements and save questions via a savequestion action...

Senator Seeks to Strengthen SEC-Required Cybercrime Reporting

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants to strengthen SEC legislation that requires publicly traded companies disclose significant digital security breaches, mainly because most aren’t. The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week added a provision to cybersecurity...

Server side request forgery (ssrf)

The web service in AutoFORM PDM Archive before 7.1 does not have authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to perform database operations via a SOAP request, as demonstrated by the initializeQueryDatabase2 request...

Design/Logic Flaw

The administrative functions in AutoFORM PDM Archive before 7.1 do not have authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to perform administrative actions by leveraging knowledge of a hidden function, as demonstrated by the password-change function...

CVE-2012-1828

The administrative functions in AutoFORM PDM Archive before 7.1 do not have authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to perform administrative actions by leveraging knowledge of a hidden function, as demonstrated by the password-change function...

CVE-2012-1827

The web service in AutoFORM PDM Archive before 7.1 does not have authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to perform database operations via a SOAP request, as demonstrated by the initializeQueryDatabase2 request...

smb-ls NSE Script

Attempts to retrieve useful information about files shared on SMB volumes. The output is intended to resemble the output of the UNIX ls command. Script Arguments smb-ls.path the path, relative to the share to list the contents from default: root of the share smb-ls.pattern the search pattern to...

Study: Password Security Improves with Age

Baby Boomers may not be perceived as tech savvy as Millenials, but they apparently are better at protecting their digital assets. A new British study believed to be the largest of its kind shows those 55 and older tend to pick passwords with twice the strength of those under 25. It also indicates...

CVE-2012-2414

main/manager.c in the Manager Interface in Asterisk Open Source 1.6.2.x before 1.6.2.24, 1.8.x before 1.8.11.1, and 10.x before 10.3.1 and Asterisk Business Edition C.3.x before C.3.7.4 does not properly enforce System class authorization requirements, which allows remote authenticated users to...

Apple Pushes Back Deadline for Sandboxing OS X Apps

Apple has pushed back the deadline for developers to include a sandbox in all of the apps on the Mac App Store, giving them a reprieve until June 1. The deadline was set for March 1, but Apple has changed it in order to give developers more time to work with the new requirements. Apple originally...

Groupon Piggyback Site Offers $500 Voucher, Charges Users for Allegedly 'Free' Trial Offers

A domain registered two days ago as groupon500.com, which claims to offer a $500 voucher toward Groupon or its primary competitor, LivingSocial, is actually registering users for ‘free’ trial offers that aren’t free at all. The best part, however, is that everything about this scam is perfectly...

CVE-2011-5062

The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 does not check qop values, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended integrity-protection requirements via a qop=auth value, a different vulnerability th...

BackBox Linux 2.01 released

BackBox Linux 2.01 released The BackBox team is proud to announce the release 2.01 of BackBox Linux.The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. The ISO images 32bit & 64bit can be downloaded from the following location: What's new System upgrade...