The Justice Department Will No Longer Charge Security Researchers with Criminal Hacking

Following a recent Supreme Court ruling, the Justice Department will no longer prosecute "good faith" security researchers with cybercrimes: The policy for the first time directs that good-faith security research should not be charged. Good faith security research means accessing a computer solel...

Microsoft XML Core Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft XML Core Services MSXML improperly handles objects in memory, allowing attackers to test for files on disk via a crafted web site...

Spring for GraphQL 1.0 Release

On behalf of the Spring for GraphQL team and every contributor, it is my pleasure to announce the 1.0 GA release. Its been 10 months since the project was announced and under 2 years since the first commit, unremarkably called "first commit". The project began with the modest goal to replace the...

Kali Linux 2022.2 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution

Time for another Kali Linux release! – Kali Linux 2022.2. This release has various impressive updates. The summary of the changelog since the 2022.1 release from February 2022 is: GNOME 42 - Major release update of the popular desktop environment KDE Plasma 5.24 - Version bump with a more...

cloud.genesys:web-messaging-sdk (>=3.0.0 <=5.0.0), com.adobe.cq.commerce:cq-commerce-core (>=5.6.0 <=5.13.18) +119 more potentially affected by CVE-2013-5679 via org.owasp.esapi:esapi (=2.0.1)

org.owasp.esapi:esapi MAVEN version =2.0.1 is affected by a known vulnerability. The following packages have a transitive dependency on org.owasp.esapi:esapi and may be impacted: - cloud.genesys:web-messaging-sdk =3.0.0, =5.6.0, =2.0.54, =5.6.2, =1.0.36, =1.0.24, =5.5.4, =1.0.0, =5.6.4, =1.0.8,...

GHSA-MV8G-FHH6-6267 Django user with hardcoded password created when running tests on Oracle

Django 1.8.x before 1.8.16, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 use a hardcoded password for a temporary database user created when running tests with an Oracle database, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to the database server by leveraging failure to manually...

Why MRG-Effitas matters to SMBs

When selecting the right cybersecurity vendor to protect their operations, small- and medium-sized businesses SMBs can lean on several third-party research organizations that analyze which cybersecurity products can best prevent, detect, and clean up various types of cyberattacks today. But these...

MAL-2022-5577 Malicious code in rainbow-bridge-testing (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 4c77a9d522ecbb7447f430c4592aa064aa157816d39b65c4da941b07d2b2da05 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Malicious code in rainbow-bridge-testing (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 4c77a9d522ecbb7447f430c4592aa064aa157816d39b65c4da941b07d2b2da05 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Microsoft Security Update Validation May 2022

Microsoft’s May 2022 security updates have passed Citrix testing the updates are listed below. The testing is not all-inclusive; all tests are executed against English-only environments and issues may still be found upon implementation. Follow best practices for testing and installing software...

com.adobe.aem.addon.guides:aem-guides-it-tests (>=0.0.1 <=0.0.2), com.adobe.aem.guides:aem-cif-guides-venia.it.tests (>=2012.12.01 <=2024.10.07) +44 more potentially affected by CVE-2017-15717 via org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xss (>=1.0.4 <=2.0.12)

org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xss MAVEN version =1.0.4, =0.0.1, =2012.12.01, =0.0.4, =0.1.0, =0.2.6, =2.17.0, =2.18.0, =2.17.10, =0.1.0, =0.1.0, =1.0.0, =0.2.1, =0.9.2 and more Source cves: CVE-2017-15717 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-7MFW-43C4-45MQ...

com.bugvm:bugvm-compiler (>=1.0.0 <=1.1.5), com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:ant-junit4 (>=0.0.3 <=0.0.4) +58 more potentially affected by CVE-2017-1000190 via org.simpleframework:simple-xml (>=2.1.3 <=2.7)

org.simpleframework:simple-xml MAVEN version =2.1.3, =1.0.0, =0.0.3, =1.0.0, =1.0.0, =1.0.0, =0.0.1, =1.0.22, =2.3.1-ios11, =1.0.2, =1.0.1, =1.1.0.1 and more Source cves: CVE-2017-1000190 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-F5QF-VH69-9Q4R...

Adding Guardrails To A Cloud Account After The Fact

This article outlines a priority checklist of which guardrails need to be applied to an existing cloud account. Answering questions like, can these guardrails be implemented without breaking anything? What level of testing is required?...

The vulnerability of the Core component of the Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization software for Windows operating systems allows a hacker to gain full control over the application.

The vulnerability of the Core component of the Oracle VM VirtualBox virtualization software for Windows operating systems is related to insufficient testing of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain full control over the application...

Fedora: Security Advisory for golang-github-pact-foundation (FEDORA-2022-08ae2dd481)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Fedora: Security Advisory for golang-github-gohugoio-testmodbuilder (FEDORA-2022-08ae2dd481)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: golang-github-pact-foundation-1.5.1-5.fc36

Pact Go enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for t he service provider project...

[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: golang-github-gohugoio-testmodbuilder-0-0.9.20201030git72e1e0c.fc36

Some helper scripts used for Hugo testing...

Malicious-Pdf - Generate A Bunch Of Malicious Pdf Files With Phone-Home Functionality

Generate ten different malicious pdf files with phone-home functionality. Can be used with Burp Collaborator or Interact.sh Used for penetration testing and/or red-teaming etc. I created this tool because i needed a third party tool to generate a bunch of PDF files with various links. Usage pytho...

The vulnerability in the set of tools for web development, DevTools, in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers allows a hacker to expose protected information.

The vulnerability of the DevTools suite for web development in Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome exists due to insufficient testing of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information...