Direct Communication with Webmasters Fixes Bugs Quicker

Google has trumpeted its Safe Browsing alerts as a key component in redirecting victims away from potentially malicious websites. An offshoot of that work is that apparently webmasters heed those warnings too and remediate vulnerabilities and bugs quicker. A co-branded study between Google and th...

Google Updates Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Admins

Google beefed up the way it displays Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Administrators this week, adding information about sites peddling unwanted and malicious software as well as those caught carrying out social engineering attacks. Google debuted the service, which notifies network admins after...

Mozilla Firefox < 44.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Google Safe Browsing Deceptive Embedded Content

Google’s Safe Browsing API is almost a living organism, constantly evolving and adapting to online threats. On Wednesday, Google announced the latest enhancements to the service, with new features that protect users on the web from deceptive embedded content. “You may have encountered social...

Mozilla Firefox Application Reputation Service Vulnerability (Jan 2016) - Mac OS X

Mozilla Firefox is prone to an application reputation service disabling vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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 CPE =...

Mozilla Firefox Application Reputation Service Vulnerability (Jan 2016) - Windows

Mozilla Firefox is prone to application reputation service disabling vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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 CPE =...

USN-2880-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Nils Ohlmeier, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Carsten Book, Randell Jesup, Nicolas Pierron, Eric Rescorla, Tyson Smith, and Gabor Krizsanits discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker...

safebrowsing.bullguard.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://safebrowsing.bullguard.com/bg/safebrowsing/ReportMistake.aspx?url=%22%3E%3Csvg/onload=prompt%28/XSSPOSED/%29%3E Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 26.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank...

Google Updates Chrome, Extends Safe Browsing to Chrome for Android

Google yesterday released an update for the Chrome browser that patches seven vulnerabilities and also updates Adobe Flash Player. It also announced that Google Safe Browsing has been extended to Chrome for Android. The Chrome browser update is the second in less than a week; on Dec 1, Chrome 47...

SpiderFoot v2.6.1 - Open Source Intelligence Automation

SpiderFoot is an open source intelligence automation tool. Its goal is to automate the process of gathering intelligence about a given target. Purpose There are three main areas where SpiderFoot can be useful: 1. If you are a pen-tester, SpiderFoot will automate the reconnaisance stage of the tes...

Apple iOS < 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 9.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 9.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Safari - Safari Downloads - Safari Extensions - Safari Safe Browsing - WebKit - WebKit CSS - WebKit JavaScript Bindings - WebKi...

Firefox 40 Begins Warning Users About Unsigned Add-Ons

With Tuesday’s release of Firefox 40, Mozilla has begun the process of requiring all add-ons for the browser to be signed. The company announced the forthcoming change in February, and Firefox 40 is the first version to warn users about unsigned add-ons. The goal for the change in policy is to...

Google to Expand Use of Safe Browsing to Stop Unwanted Software

Google is expanding the use of its Safe Browsing mechanism to warn users about a broader variety of unwanted software, in addition to the warnings they see regarding phishing pages, malware, and other threats. Safe Browsing is the service that Google uses to help protect Chrome users from malicio...

Google Chrome FileSystem API Security Bypass Vulnerability

Google Chrome is a web browsing tool developed by Google. A security vulnerability exists in the FileSystem API of Google Chrome versions prior to 40.0.2214.91. A remote attack exploiting this vulnerability could bypass the SafeBrowsing for Executable Files protection mechanism by creating an .ex...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1248

The FileSystem API in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to bypass the SafeBrowsing for Executable Files protection mechanism by creating a .exe file in a temporary filesystem and then referencing this file with a filesystem:http: URL...

chromium-browser: SafeBrowsing bypass

The FileSystem API in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to bypass the SafeBrowsing for Executable Files protection mechanism by creating a .exe file in a temporary filesystem and then referencing this file with a filesystem:http: URL...

Google Adds Deceptive Software to Safe Browsing API

Google is continuing to refine its Safe Browsing API and now is giving users warnings about not just malicious software on sites they’re attempting to visit, but also about unwanted software. Google’s Safe Browsing API is designed to help protect users from a variety of threats on pages across th...

Google Blacklists Sites Peddling SoakSoak Malware

UPDATE Google blacklisted more than 10,000 different websites over the weekend that it spotted doling out SoakSoak malware, but experts claim the number of impacted sites may ultimately be ten times that figure. Up to 100,000 sites hosted on WordPress may be vulnerable to a campaign known as...

Google Adds Warnings About Deceptive Software to Safe Browsing Service

The Google Safe Browsing service has become an integral part of most of the major browsers, integrating malware alerts, warnings about malicious Web sites and suspicious content. The company has been expanding the capabilities of the service steadily over the last few years, and now Google is...