Google Sheds Light on New Android App Scanner

Google has divulged more information about its forthcoming application verifier for the Android operating system. The feature is being rolled out over the air alongside the latest build of the OS, Jelly Bean 4.2, on Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus devices as of yesterday. While it can be disabled, the a...

Android Smishing Vulnerability, an intelligent exploitation by Malicious Apps

Your android device allows you to connect with anyone at anytime, if they are available. Mobile-enhanced shopping and banking sites gives you freedom to buy anything - anywhere. You have millions of applications, that you can install to pimp up your device. But same applications can exploit your...

Japanese Android developers arrested for infecting 10 million users

Japanese police arrested five mobile applications developers for creating and embedding a virus into smartphone applications. According to The Metropolitan Police Department, Intial reports said that about 90,000 smartphones users were infected with a virus lurking in applications they downloaded...

Android Adware abusing permissions, Collecting more than they need

So you just bought a new Android-based smartphone, what comes next? What else but the most exciting part downloading the right apps to boost its functionality. Android gives you the freedom to personalize your device, which has made it attractive to those who want their smartphones to be as uniqu...

Microsoft Word RTF文件释放后重用远程代码执行漏洞（MS12-064）

BUGTRAQ ID: 55781 CVECAN ID: CVE-2012-2528 Microsoft Word属于办公软件是微软公司的一个文字处理器应用程序。 Microsoft Office处理特制RTF文件时存在远程代码执行漏洞，成功利用此漏洞的攻击者可完全控制受影响系统。 0 Microsoft Word 2010 Microsoft Word 2007 Microsoft Word 2003 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 Microsoft Office W...

Microsoft多个产品HTML过滤组件跨站脚本执行漏洞（MS12-066）

CVECAN ID: CVE-2012-2520 Microsoft是一家基于美国的跨国电脑科技公司。以研发、制造、授权和提供广泛的电脑软件服务业务为主。 Microsoft多个产品在HTML过滤组件内没有正确过滤某些输入即返给用户使用。成功利用此漏洞的攻击者可执行跨站脚本攻击并以当前用户权限运行脚本。 0 Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Microsoft Office Web Apps Microsoft Groove Server 2010 Microsoft Lync 2010 Microsoft Office Communicator 2007...

Microsoft Office Web Apps Detection

Detects the installed version of Microsoft Office Web Apps. Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. The script logs in via smb, searches through the registry and gets the version and sets the KB. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced source...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Communicator 2007 R2, Lync 2010 and 2010 Attendee, SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Groove Server 2010 SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1, and Office W...

CVE-2012-2528

CVE-2012-2528 is a use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word and related components triggered by specially crafted RTF documents. Affected products include Word 2003 SP3, Word 2007 SP2/SP3, Word 2010 SP1, Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack SP2/SP3, Word Automation S...

CVE-2012-2520

CVE-2012-2520 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft’s HTML sanitization component affecting multiple products (InfoPath 2007/2010, Communicator/Lync 2010, SharePoint Server/Foundation, Groove Server, Office Web Apps). The issue arises from improper input filtering in the HTML sanit...

Microsoft Word RTF File Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Word is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user, which can lead to a complete compromise of an affected computer. Technologies Affected Microsoft Office...

Faux Apps Found Hijacking Chrome, Spamming Tumblr

A flurry of fake, ad-laden Angry Birds lookalike games have flooded the Google Chrome Web store of late. The online marketplace where Google sells extensions and games for its Chrome browser has seen an influx of games mimicking “Bad Piggies,” a new game Rovio Entertainment recently released that...

jigbrowser+ for Android vulnerable in the WebView class

Overview jigbrowser+ for Android contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. jigbrowser+ is a web browser for a smartphone. jigbrowser+ for Android contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. Gaku Mochizuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/...

Yandex.ru платит за уязвимости

Привет. Яндекс опять. Цитата: Конкурс «Охота за ошибками» Яндекс выплачивает награды за обнаруженные проблемы в безопасности своих сервисов. Любой желающий может попытаться найти уязвимость, сообщить нам об этом и получить денежный приз. Где искать На веб-сервисах, а также в мобильных приложениях...

file: Denial of service

Background file is a utility that guesses a file format by scanning binary data for patterns. Description Multiple out-of-bounds read errors and invalid pointer dereference errors have been found in cdf.c. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Composite Document...

CVE-2012-3743

The System Logs implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not restrict /var/log access by sandboxed apps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted app that reads log files...

CVE-2012-3743

The CVE-2012-3743 entry applies to Apple iOS prior to 6, where the System Logs implementation did not restrict sandboxed apps from reading /var/log. This allowed sandboxed apps to disclose sensitive information from system logs. The described vulnerability is an information disclosure issue with ...

CVE-2012-3743

The System Logs implementation in Apple iOS before 6 does not restrict /var/log access by sandboxed apps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted app that reads log files...

Most Smartphone Users Consider Privacy When Vetting Apps

Cellphone owners now account for 88 percent of the U.S. population, of which some 43 percent say they download applications on their phones. Among these ‘app users,’ 57 percent told the Pew Internet and American Life Project that they have either uninstalled existing applications or made the...

Half Million Chinese Android Devices got infected with SMSZombie

The amount of malware crafted and aimed at Android devices is ever-increasing. With Android being the most popular platform for smartphones and tablets around the world, Android users have become the low-hanging fruit when it comes to writing malware by the nefarious users. A new Android threat h...