US Tax Season Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing scams and malware campaigns that seek to take advantage of the United States tax season. The Internal Revenue Service has issued an advisory on its website warning consumers about potential scams. Tax season phishing...

Google Releases Google Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 33.0.1750.124 for several Chrome OS devices to address multiple vulnerabilities, one of which could allow a server certificate to change in a renegotiation. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Google Chrome release blog entry and apply the updat...

Apple Releases Security Updates for iOS devices and Apple TV

Apple has released updates for iOS and Apple TV devices to address a vulnerability that allows an attacker with a privileged network position to capture or modify data in protected SSL/TLS sessions. Updates are available: iOS 6.1.6 for iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th generation. iOS 7.0.6 for iPhon...

Cisco UCS Director Default Credentials Vulnerability

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System UCS Director. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take complete control of the affected device due to a default root user account created during installation...

Google Releases Google Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 33.0.1750.117 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities, some of which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to completely compromise a vulnerable system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Google Chrome Release...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44 or earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.336 or earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affected...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco IPS Software

Cisco has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in the Cisco Intrusion Prevention Software IPS. These vulnerabilities affect multiple versions of Cisco IPS Software on multiple platforms and could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition. US-CERT...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. US-CERT recommends that users a...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities: Firefox 27 Firefox ESR 24.3 Thunderbird 24.3 Seamonkey 2.24 These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass intended access restrictions, cause a...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.43 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.335 and earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affect...

Google Releases Google Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 32.0.1700.102 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or bypass intended security restrictions. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

Apple Releases iTunes 11.1.4

Apple has released a security update for Apple iTunes 11.1.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT6001 and...

Google Releases Google Chrome Updates

Google has released Google Chrome 32.0.1700.95 for all Chrome OS devices except Chromebook Pixel, Google Chrome 32.0.1700.76 for Windows and Chrome Frame, and Google Chrome 32.0.1700.77 for Mac and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.170 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.332, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Affected software versions: Adobe...

BlackBerry Releases Security Advisory

BlackBerry has released a security advisory that addresses Adobe® Flash® remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect BlackBerry® Z10, BlackBerry® Q10 smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet customers. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow an attacker to execute code with the...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI 11.0.05 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following software versions: Adobe Reader XI 11.0.05 and earlier 11.x versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader X 10.1...

Oracle Releases January 2014 Security Advisory

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2014 to address 144 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 5 for Oracle Database Server 22 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 for Oracle Hyperion 4 for Oracle E-Business Suite 16 for Oracle...

Network Time Protocol (NTP) Amplification Attacks

A vulnerability in the "monlist" feature of ntpd can allow remote attackers to cause distributed denial of service attack DDoS via forged requests. US-CERT and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Center CCIRC have both observed active use of this attack vector in recent DDoS attacks. US-CERT...

LimeSurvey ‘/admin/templates.php’脚本任意文件上传漏洞

LimeSurvey（前称PHPSurveyor）是LimeSurvey团队开发的一套开源的在线问卷调查程序，它支持调查程序开发、调查问卷发布以及数据收集等功能。 LimeSurvey中存在任意文件上传漏洞，该漏洞源于程序没有成充分过滤用户提交的输入。攻击者可利用该漏洞上传任意文件到受影响计算机，导致在受影响应用程序上下文中执行任意代码。 0 LimeSurvey 目前厂商还没有提供此漏洞的相关补丁或者升级程序，建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本： http://www.limesurvey.org/...

UK CPNI Releases Spear Phishing Paper

The United Kingdom's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure CPNI has recently released a paper titled "Spear Phishing - Understanding the Threat;" this document provides guidance on how spear phishing attacks work, whether you are likely to be a target, and the steps organizations c...