Cisco IOS 11.x TFTP Server Long File Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5328/info A problem has been discovered in Cisco IOS and MGX switches that could result in a denial of service, and potential code execution. It has been discovered that the TFTP server file name handling of Cisco IOS is...

Android Vulnerability Bypasses App's Digital Signature

A vulnerability exists in the Android code base that would allow a hacker to modify a legitimate, digitally signed Android application package file APK and not break the app’s cryptographic signature—an action that would normally set off a red flag that something is amiss. Researchers at startup...

Virtual Machine Escape Exploit Targets Xen

Details of a dangerous virtual machine escape exploit were revealed Wednesday by French research outfit VUPEN Security. The attack exploits a recently reported vulnerability in Xen hypervisors and allows an attacker within a guest virtual machine to escape to the host and execute code. Virtual...

How Facebook and Facial Recognition Are Creating a Minority Report-Style Privacy Meltdown

Researchers at the annual Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas have demonstrated how cloud computing, facial recognition technology, Facebook, a freely available personal information can be used to match faces in a crowd to detailed online profiles. The demonstration brings us closer to the brink of ...

Black Hat: Google's Chrome OS Could Enable Nasty Web Based Attacks

HED: Three Ways that Google’s Chrome OS Could Enable Really Nasty Web Based Attacks DEK: Researchers at the Black Hat Briefings conference in Las Vegas warn that Google’s new Chrome Operating System could enable certain kinds of Web based attacks Google’s new Chrome Operating System was designed ...

Siemens Patches SCADA Holes, Downplays Threat

In the wake of a report about vulnerabilities in its products, Siemens issued a patch for its Simatic S7 industrial controllers on Monday. ICS CERT, the Cyber Emergency Response Team for Industrial Control Systems, issued an alert advising Siemens customers to apply the patch. Siemens said its...