New ZeuS Malware spreading automatically via USB Flash Drives

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months. The malware family itself is frequently updated with mechanisms designed to evade detection by antivirus and network security...

Steam Gaming Platform Vulnerable to Remote Exploits; 50 Million at Risk

More than 50 million users of the Steam gaming and media distribution platform are at risk for remote compromise because of weaknesses in the platform’s URL protocol handler, a pair of researchers at ReVuln wrote in a paper released this week. Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante discovered a numbe...

LINE for Android vulnerable in handling of implicit intents

Overview LINE for Android contains a vulnerability in the handling of implicit intents. LINE for Android provided by NHN Japan, is an application for communication with others. LINE for Android contains a vulnerability in the handling of implicit intents. Gaku Mochizuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure...

Cisco Pulls Back on Routers' 'Supplemental Privacy Policy'

Cisco appears to have retracted a controversial addition to its privacy policy that allowed the company to track data, including complete Internet histories, for users of its Linksys E2700, E3500 and E4500 routers. The policy revisions were part of an automatic firmware update that outraged users...

Ubuntu Update for firefox USN-1463-3

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1463-3 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN14633.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for firefox USN-1463-3 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Firefox 12 Debuts With Silent Update Mechanism

Mozilla has released version 12 of Firefox and the big change in the popular browser is the inclusion of a new update mechanism that will allow users to enable automatic updates that won’t require user interaction. The mechanism is similar to what Google Chrome has and is part of a trend toward...

[MATTA-2011-003] Restorepoint Remote root command execution vulnerability - CVE-2011-4201 CVE-2011-4202

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matta Consulting - Matta Advisory https://www.trustmatta.com Restorepoint Remote root command execution vulnerability Advisory ID: MATTA-2011-003 CVE reference: CVE-2011-4201 - Code injection vulnerability CVE-2011-4202 - Privilege escalation through...

Restorepoint 3.2-Evaluation Remote Root Command Execution

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matta Consulting - Matta Advisory https://www.trustmatta.com Restorepoint Remote root command execution vulnerability Advisory ID: MATTA-2011-003 CVE reference: CVE-2011-4201 - Code injection vulnerability CVE-2011-4202 - Privilege escalation through...

CVE-2011-2954

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AutoUpdate feature in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1 and 14.0.0 through 14.0.5 and RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, when an Embedded RealPlayer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors...

Microsoft Research Team Reports Bugs in Facebook, Google Picasa

Microsoft’s Vulnerability Research team is keeping itself busy finding bugs in other vendors’ products, with the two latest being a vulnerability in Google’s Picasa photo editing and sharing application and a bug in Facebook that could lead to the compromise of a victim’s account. The bug in Pica...

Vulnerability in Google Picasa Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Executive Summary Microsoft is providing notification of the discovery and remediation of a vulnerability affecting Google Picasa for Windows version 3.6 build 105.61 and earlier. Microsoft discovered and disclosed the vulnerability under coordinated vulnerability disclosure to the affected vendo...

Vulnerability in Google SketchUp Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Executive Summary Microsoft is providing notification of the discovery and remediation of a vulnerability affecting Google SketchUp version 7.1 Maintenance Release 2 and earlier. Microsoft discovered and disclosed the vulnerability under coordinated vulnerability disclosure to the affected vendor...

Critical Flash Player Update to fix 11 Security Holes

Critical Flash Player Update to fix 11 Security Holes Adobe has released another batch of security updates for its ubiquitous Flash Playersoftware. This "critical" patch fixes at least 11 vulnerabilities, including one that reports suggest is being exploited in targeted email attacks. In the...

Adobe Boosts Privacy Protections with Flash Player Update

Adobe released an update to its Flash Player that it says will make it easier for users to manage their online privacy. The company released Flash Player Version 10.3 on Thursday. The update to the common rich media player includes support for a new cross platform application program interface AP...

Adobe to Patch Flash Zero Day on Windows, Mac on Friday

Adobe is planning to patch the recently disclosed Flash Player vulnerability on Friday for users on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The vulnerability is being used in targeted attacks right now that use malicious Word documents. Adobe said on Wednesday night that it plans to push out the Flash Playe...

Zeus/SpyEye Merger Promises More Sophisticated Bots

The recent merger of the Zeus and SpyEye botnets has created a mega-botnet that promises to increase the effectiveness, complexity, and prevalence of malware across the Web, according to a blog post by Francois Paget of McAfee Labs. The SpyEye/ZS Toolkit v1.4.1, the first evidence of a long-rumor...

CVE-2010-4585

Unspecified vulnerability in the auto-update functionality in Opera before 11.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash by triggering an Opera Unite update...

Code injection

Unspecified vulnerability in the auto-update functionality in Opera before 11.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash by triggering an Opera Unite update...

CVE-2010-4585

Unspecified vulnerability in the auto-update functionality in Opera before 11.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash by triggering an Opera Unite update...

Firefox Dirty Dozen: Mozilla Fixes Critical Browser Flaws

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.11 with patches for a dozen security holes, some serious enough to launch attacks if a user simply surfs to a booby-trapped website. In all, the open-source released nine bulletins documenting 12 security vulnerabilities. Five of the bulletins are rated “critical,...