Debian Security Advisory DSA 3297-1 (unattended-upgrades - security update)

It was discovered that unattended-upgrades, a script for automatic installation of security upgrades, did not properly authenticate downloaded packages when the force-confold or force-confnew dpkg options were enabled via the DPkg::Options:: apt configuration. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id:...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3297-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 ifdescription...

On the Cisco Default SSH Keys, OPM Hack, the Adobe Zero Day, and More

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the Cisco default SSH keys, more details of the OPM data breach, the Adobe 0-day and why we never hear about bad APT groups, only the really good ones. Download: digitalunderground208.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

POS Malware Nitlove Seen Dropped in Spam Campaign

Toss another strain of point-of-sale POS malware onto the growing heap discovered this year. The latest variant, a variant dubbed NitlovePOS, was spotted being dropped on victims who were compromised by a spam operation. Researchers with the firm FireEye were in the middle of tracking a campaign ...

APT Group Embeds C&C Data on TechNet Pages

The so-called Deputy Dog APT group has surfaced again with a means of keeping its command and control servers under wraps that involves Microsoft’s TechNet online resources. New research published last week by Microsoft and FireEye revealed targeted attacks against organizations have been...

Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-051)

Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation MS15-051 Source: https://github.com/hfiref0x/CVE-2015-1701 Win32k LPE vulnerability used in APT attack Original info: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/04/probableapt28useo.html Credits R136a1 / hfiref0x Compiled EXE: x86 +...

Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-051)

Source: https://github.com/hfiref0x/CVE-2015-1701 Win32k LPE vulnerability used in APT attack Original info: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/04/probableapt28useo.html Credits R136a1 / hfiref0x Compiled EXE: x86 +...

ICU Project ICU4C Library Vulnerabilities Patched

Multitudes of software packages that make use of the ICU Project C/C++ and Java libraries may need to update after a pair of memory-based vulnerabilities were discovered and subsequently patched. Version 55.1 of the ICU Project ICU4C library, released yesterday, addresses separate heap-based buff...

Attackers Peddling Malware Through CareerBuilder

Attackers have recently taken to the job-search website CareerBuilder to spread Microsoft Word documents that appear to be job hopefuls’ resumes, but in reality, are laden with malware. Researchers at the firm Proofpoint discovered the campaign and discussed their findings in a blog post. In the...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3243-1 (libxml-libxml-perl - security update)

Tilmann Haak from xing.com discovered that XML::LibXML, a Perl interface to the libxml2 library, did not respect the expandentities parameter to disable processing of external entities in some circumstances. This may allow attackers to gain read access to otherwise protected resources, depending ...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the apt-cacher package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the apt-transport-https package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the apt-utils package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

White House, State Department Counted Among CozyDuke APT Victims

A data-mining advanced persistent threat hit a handful of high profile targets last year, including the White House’s computer network. Dubbed CozyDuke, the APT’s toolset shares several similarities with fellow APTs MiniDuke, CosmicDuke and OnionDuke. Kurt Baumgartner and Costin Raiu, researchers...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3214-1 (mailman - security update)

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Mailman, the mailing list manager. Installations using a transport script such as postfix-to-mailman.py to interface with their MTA instead of static aliases were vulnerable to a path traversal attack. To successfully exploit this, an attacker need...

Volatile Cedar APT Group First Operating Out of Lebanon

An APT group with its sights on selective targets, most of those in Israel, has been using an elusive malware implant to steal data from groups with state and political interests. The gang, called Volatile Cedar by researchers at Check Point Software Systems, has been working since 2012 and could...

Vulnerability: CVE-2 0 1 5-0 9 3 2-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

ANTLabs is a very popular gateway device. It is usually installed in hotels, conference centres and other places for guests to provide WIFI service. It is usually tied in a room for billing purposes. If you are in a hotel Use it, then you should be especially familiar with such devices...

Threat warning: a lot of ubnt devices is Backdoor-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

This article elaborated: the discovery of a hacker attack, intrusion analysis, counter hack Server, successfully obtain permission and complete evidence of the whole process. Such an invasion is now also very much, especially for a specific system of orientation, but“blind scan”in the attack...

AntLabs InnGate security vulnerability patch

ANTLabs today is expected to roll out patches for a vulnerability in its InnGate Internet gateways that are popular in hospitality and convention locations. The gateways provide temporary Internet access to hotel guests or conference attendees using kiosks, for example. The vulnerability...

Debian DLA-58-3 : apt robustness improvements

The recent security updates to apt make apt bug 710924 1 much easier to trigger. Affected users see '416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable' errors during a apt-get update operation. With the 0.8.10.3+squeeze7 upload the fix for this error that was originally introduced in version 0.9.12 2 is now...