Gmail Image Proxy Change Has Privacy, Security Implications

Google’s decision to automatically display images in Gmail messages has security experts on edge about the privacy and security implications of the move. Of particular concern is the ability of an attacker, or marketer, to learn whether messages are being opened, as well the possibility of an...

Scientific Linux Security Update : samba and samba3x on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131210)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the DCE-RPC client code in Samba. A specially crafted DCE-RPC packet could cause various Samba programs to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when parsed. A malicious or compromised Active Directory Domain Controller could use this flaw to...

Certificate update

Security Certificate update Share December 9th, 2013 Last week we became aware of the existence of several unauthorized security certificates, issued in violation of rules for creation of such certificates. The certificates chained back to a French certificate authority, ANSSI, and had been signe...

Windows Manage Proxy PAC File

This module configures Internet Explorer to use a PAC proxy file. By using the LOCALPAC option, a PAC file will be created on the victim host. It's also possible to provide a remote PAC file REMOTEPAC option by providing the full URL. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/downlo...

[zAnti] Android Network Toolkit

Anti consists of 2 parts: The Anti version itself and extendable plugins. Upcoming updates will add functionality, plugins or vulnerabilities/exploits to Anti Using Anti is very intuitive - on each run, Anti will map your network, scan for active devices and vulnerabilities, and will display the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security update

Updated 389-ds-base packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, i...

Google Chrome adds automatic malware blocking for suspicious downloads

Today Malware is a very real threat, and if you’re not careful about what you download and install, you could end up with a serious problem. But now Google will be trying their very best to block malware from installing itself on your computer on your behalf. Google has developed a security featu...

Google Chrome to Automatically Block Malicious Downloads

Google is planning to add a new feature to its Chrome browser that will block malicious downloads automatically, helping to prevent drive-by downloads and the kind of malware that rides along with supposedly legitimate software. The new addition to Chrome already is in the development queue,...

New home for the Security Group blog

News New home for the Security Group blog Share October 31st, 2013 Welcome to the new home of the Opera Security Group. We have changed our blogging platform. For more more information regarding the switch, please see this post. If you received this blog post in your feed reader, you do not need ...

WordPress Releases Update for WordPress 3.7

WordPress has released WordPress 3.7 “Basie” for all previous versions. This version has been devised to automatically update with the latest maintenance and security releases, making the process more reliable and secure, with dozens of new checks and safeguards. WordPress 3.7 also updates the...

WPAD Listener

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, browsers are...

WPAD Listener

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, browsers are...

Upgrade Attack

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, HTTP requests ar...

Upgrade Attack

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, HTTP requests ar...

IBM Db2 STMM Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux

IBM DB2 is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:ibm:db2"; ifdescription...

WPAD Listener

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, browsers are...

Upgrade Attack

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, HTTP requests ar...

WPAD Listener

Added: 09/30/2013 Background The LLMNR Local Link Multicast Name Resolution protocol is used to answer wpad requests sent by Microsoft Windows. A rogue WPAD server delivers a wpad.dat file to poisoned hosts forcing them to proxy web requests through the SAINT server. In addition, browsers are...

[iodine] Tunnel application to forward IPv4 traffic through DNS servers (IP over DNS)

iodine lets you tunnel IPv4 data through a DNS server. This can be usable in different situations where internet access is firewalled, but DNS queries are allowed. It runs on Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Windows and needs a TUN/TAP device. The bandwidth is asymmetrical with limit...

phpThumb v. <= 1.7.9 Remote Command Injection Exploit

This code exploits a Remote Command Injection vulnerability in phpThumb that allows attackers to upload a shell automatically.. !/usr/bin/perl Exploit Title: phpThumb v. http://mobileworld24.pl/wp-content/themes/mobileworld24/inc/phpThumb/ use LWP::UserAgent; use HTTP::Request; $target = $ARGV0;...