2018 Flare-On Challenge Solutions

We are pleased to announce the conclusion of the fifth annual Flare-On Challenge. The numbers are in and we can safely say that this was by far the most difficult challenge we’ve ever hosted. We plan to reduce the difficulty next year, so it may be that the 114 people who solved this year’s...

Fileless malware: getting the lowdown on this insidious threat

Traditionally, malware attacks as we have always known them are files written to disk in one form or another that require execution in order to carry out their malicious scope. Fileless malware, on the other hand, is intended to be memory resident only, ideally leaving no trace after its executio...

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

Exploit for jsp platform in category web applications Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13417 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External...

CVE-2018-13416

In Universal Media Server UMS 7.1.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: 1 Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user...

CVE-2018-13416

In Universal Media Server UMS 7.1.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: 1 Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user...

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13417 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML...

Universal Media Server 7.1.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection

Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Universal Media Server's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13416 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Universal Media Server's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Unauthenticated attackers on the same L...

Universal Media Server 7.1.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection

Universal Media Server 7.1.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Universal Media Server's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13416 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Universal Media Server's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML...

[ASA-201807-12] apache: denial of service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201807-12 ========================================== Severity: Medium Date : 2018-07-20 CVE-ID : CVE-2018-1333 CVE-2018-8011 Package : apache Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-736 Summary ======= The package apache...

CVE-2018-8011

By specially crafting HTTP requests, the modmd challenge handler would dereference a NULL pointer and cause the child process to segfault. This could be used to DoS the server. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 Affected 2.4.33...

Apache httpd -- multiple vulnerabilities

The Apache project reports: DoS for HTTP/2 connections by crafted requests CVE-2018-1333. By specially crafting HTTP/2 requests, workers would be allocated 60 seconds longer than necessary, leading to worker exhaustion and a denial of service. low modmd, DoS via Coredumps on specially crafted...

Hacker Sold Stolen U.S. Military Drone Documents On Dark Web For Just $200

You never know what you will find on the hidden Internet 'Dark Web.' Just about an hour ago we reported about someone selling remote access linked to security systems at a major International airport for $10. It has been reported that a hacker was found selling sensitive US Air Force documents on...

Malicious PowerShell Detection via Machine Learning

Introduction Cyber security vendors and researchers have reported for years how PowerShell is being used by cyber threat actors to install backdoors, execute malicious code, and otherwise achieve their objectives within enterprises. Security is a cat-and-mouse game between adversaries, researcher...

GDPR: A Compliance Quagmire, for Now

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR has gone into effect – but questions as to what compliance actually means are far from settled. While the GDPR is a European regulation, it affects any organization that handles data on E.U. citizens, whether they be customers or...

Malwarebytes CrackMe 2: contest summary

About three weeks ago, we published our second CrackMe. It triggered a lot of interest, and we got many high-quality write-ups. Choosing the winner was really difficult! In this post, I am going to summarize the contest and comment on the received submissions. CrackMe 2 challenge The topic of the...

Real-Time Two-Factor Phishing Tool: ReelPhish

2FA adds an extra layer of authentication on top of the typical username and password. Two common 2FA implementations are one-time passwords and push notifications. One-time passwords are generated by a secondary device, such as a hard token, and tied to a specific user. These passwords typically...

SUSE-SU-2018:1161-1 Security update for apache2

This update for apache2 fixes the following issues: CVE-2018-1283: when modsession is configured to forward its session data to CGI applications SessionEnv on, not the default, a remote user may influence their content by using a 'Session' header leading to unexpected behavior bsc1086814...

4chan hackers tried changing voting results of NASA student challenge

By Waqas Apparently, 4chan hackers conducted the cyber attack to stop a This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 4chan hackers tried changing voting results of NASA student challenge...

A week in security (April 23 – April 29)

Last week, we dug into behavioral biometrics, explored a new crossrider variant, and embraced the power of "no." We also launched another CrackMe challenge, took a deep dive into smart toys, and finished up with a look at digital privacy in the age of IoT. Other news LinkedIn does battle with...

Malwarebytes CrackMe 2: try another challenge

Last November, we released the first edition of the Malwarebytes CrackMe. Encouraged by the positive response we received from the security community, we decided to repeat the game, hopefully making it even more interesting and entertaining. As before, the CrackMe is dedicated to malware analysts...