Smoke Loader LFI / File Deletion Vulnerabilities

Smoke Loader Command and Control panel suffers from local file inclusion and file deletion vulnerabilities. Two other vulnerabilities I forgot to mention, lfi and file deletion via control.php. The user must be logged into the administrative panel. 1. LFI GET...

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New Ransomware Encrypts Victim Data

An unusual new strain of ransomware makes good on its threat, doing what the majority of other varieties only claim to do. The Trojan actually encrypts data on infected machines, effectively rendering certain files inaccessible to users on compromised computers in order to block removal. This...

PokerAgent botnet stole over 16,000 Facebook credentials

PokerAgent botnet was discovered in 2012 by ESET Security Research Lab, which is a Trojan horse designed to harvest Facebook log-on credentials, also collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats. According to latest report, the botnet i...

PokerAgent botnet stole over 16,000 Facebook credentials

PokerAgent botnet was discovered in 2012 by ESET Security Research Lab, which is a Trojan horse designed to harvest Facebook log-on credentials, also collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats. According to latest report, the botnet i...

Fedora Update for pl FEDORA-2013-0178

Check for the Version of pl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for pl FEDORA-2013-0178 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the...

Red October Attackers Shutting Down C&C Infrastructure

It appears that the attackers behind the Red October cyberespionage campaign are taking their ball and going home. Since the attack came to light on Monday, the attackers have begun shutting down their infrastructure and the hosting providers and registrars involved with some of the...

Operation Red October : Cyber Espionage campaign against many Governments

A new sensational discovered has been announced by Kaspersky Lab's Global Research & Analysis Team result of an investigation after several attacks hit computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A new large scale cyber-espionage operation has been discovered, named Re...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: pl-6.0.2-5.fc18

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[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: pl-6.0.2-4.fc17

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[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pl-5.10.2-9.fc16

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Fedora Update for pl FEDORA-2013-0211

Check for the Version of pl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for pl FEDORA-2013-0211 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the...

Smoke Loader SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Smoke Loader HTTP-based exploit kit suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability. Like other http-based exploit kits, I've discovered that the smoke loader malware downloader has a sql injection in its C&C administration panel that can be used to revel the administrator's password. sqlma...

Smoke Loader SQL Injection

Like other http-based exploit kits, I've discovered that the smoke loader malware downloader has a sql injection in its C&C administration panel that can be used to revel the administrator's password. sqlmap can identify the vulnerable parameter with the string:...

Android Trojan Apps Build SMS Botnet

A rudimentary, SMS-based botnet is ensnaring Android users into its web with a series of text messages offering free downloads for popular, paid gaming applications, according to Cloudmark researcher Andrew Conway. The Trojan applications are reportedly mimicking games such as The Need for Speed...

Tor-Powered Botnet Linked to Malware Coder's AMA on Reddit

In the process of analyzing a seemingly new and fairly small botnet called Skynet, Rapid7 security researchers determined that this was precisely the same network described by its creator in a particularly bold ‘Ask Me Anything’ AMA on the social news site Reddit earlier this year. Claudio...

Windows 8 Malware Using Google Docs to Target Brazilians

New malware targeting Windows 8 appears to be using Google Docs as a proxy server instead of directly connecting to a command and control C&C server. According to research done by Symantec and discussed in the company’s Security Response blog late last week, a Trojan, Backdoor.Makadocs, targets...

New windows malware can target smart cards for full remote access

If you think that having a USB Token Smartcard is extremely secure for Digital signatures or other activities, you may be wrong! The research done by Paul Rascagneres can remotely give access to victims smartcard! What makes the attack unique is it uses a keylogger to get the PIN or password and...

DarkComet Server Remote File Download Exploit

This module exploits an arbitrary file download vulnerability in the DarkComet C&C server versions 3.2 and up. The exploit does not need to know the password chosen for the bot/server communication. Module Options msf use auxiliary/gather/darkcomet/filedownloader msf undefinedfiledownloader show...

Plugx RAT targeting government organizations in Japan using spear phishing

Roland Dela Paz Threat Researcher at TrendMirco reported that last year a Malware Campaign to target specific users in Japan, China, and Taiwan once again on rise using new breed of Remote Access Tool RAT called Plugx also known as Korplug. This new custom made version comes for less recognition...