Joomla! Component com_br - Controller Local File Inclusion

Joomla! Component combr - Controller Local File Inclusion source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51613/info The 'combr' component for Joomla! is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to...

Slideshow: Five Security Predictions for 2012

VIEW SLIDESHOW Five Security Predictions for 2012 What will 2012 bring? We can’t know for sure. Recent years have taught us that, when it comes to computer security, one should expect to be surprised. However, it’s equally true that in the realm of computer security, “what’s past is prologue,” as...

What will 2012 bring? We can't know for sure

Stuxnet and the specter of sophisticated, state-sponsored attacks were still dominating the news a year ago, as 2010 ended and we welcomed the New Year. Soon enough, however, there would be a new phenomenon to contend with: hacktivists. As the attack on HBGary Federal and Sony showed, faceless...

Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack

Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or...

A New Cybersecurity Research Agenda (In Three Minutes or Less)

Editor’s Note: As the CISO of In-Q-Tel, the CIA-backed strategic investment firm focused on developing technologies for the intelligence community, Dan Geer gets paid to help find the answers to big questions about computer security, national security, privacy and technology. Headlines proliferat...

DreamBox DM800 - 'file' Local File Disclosure

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50520/info DreamBox DM800 is prone to a local file-disclosure vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied input. Exploiting this vulnerability would allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from local files on...

Promiscuous Facebookers More Likely To Fall For Fake Friend Scams

Having more friends on Facebook might not mean you’re popular, but it does make you more likely to accept an invitation from a fake friend, according to research from the University of British Columbia. In a paper to be presented in December at the Annual Computer Security Application Conference ...

Kazakhstan calls for global cyber security treaty to deter hackers at United Nations

Kazakhstan calls for global cyber security treaty to deter hackers at United Nations Today's security professionals - whether they are black hats, white hats or something in between - all have one thing in common: The knowledge of their craft probably did not come from a book or a classroom...

Automated Skype calls spreading fake anti-virus warning

Automated Skype calls spreading fake anti-virus warning Automated Skype calls spreading fake anti-virus warning, where an automated message what I like to call a "Digital Dorothy" warns you in a semi-robotic voice that your computer's security is not up-to-date. "Attention: this is an automated...

BruCON – Belgium's First Security Conference

BruCON – Belgium's First Security Conference BruCON, Belgium's first security conference is back for it's third edition on 19-22 September. After witnessing greater success in the past two years, this year's event is expected to attract more then 400 people from around Europe. BruCON conference...

Mikko Hypponen : Fight cybercrime, but keep the net free

Mikko Hypponen : Fight cybercrime, but keep the net free Mikko Hypponen is an expert on cybercrime and chief research officer at F-Secure Corporation in Helsinki, Finland. TED is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it distributes on its website. In the real world,...

Switzerland & Italian police arrest 15 suspected Anonymous members

Switzerland & Italian police arrest 15 suspected Anonymous members Switzerland & Italian police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested some members of the Legion group Anonymous following a series of raids. The arrests were made by the Polizia postale e delle comunicazioni, or Polizia Postale, which...

Joomla! Component com_jr_tfb - Controller Local File Inclusion

Joomla! Component comjrtfb - Controller Local File Inclusion source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48558/info The 'comjrtfb' component for Joomla! is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerabili...

Joomla! Component com_jr_tfb - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48558/info The 'comjrtfb' component for Joomla! is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information and execute...

Morris worm

Even before the Internet was “the Internet,” it was a breeding ground for worms that could spread between loosely protected and networked machines. One of the first of its kind, the now famous Morris worm, spread across the world over ARPANET, a progenitor to the modern Internet designed by what...

Lulzsec Leaks Source Code of Sony Computer Entertainment Developer Network !

Lulzsec Leaks Source Code of Sony Computer Entertainment Developer Network ! Just Now ! BOOM ... By Lulzsec . They again hit SONY by releasing the complete source code of Sony Computer Entertainment Developer Network "scedev.net" Via there Twitter account. They provide a Mediafire file sharing li...

Total Exposure - The Hacker News [THN] Magazine - June 2011 | Issue 03

Total Exposure - The Hacker News THN Magazine - June 2011 | Issue 03 The Hacker News ,June Month Magazine is Released Now ! GET YOUR COPY TODAY. Its our Issue 03 with theme "Total Exposure " . We hope this monthly magazine will keep you update in Cyber World. Content : - Total Exposure -...

Researchers Propose New Steganography System for Hiding Data

A group of researchers has developed a new application that can hide sensitive data on a hard drive without encrypting it or leaving any obvious signs that the data is present. The new steganography system relies on the old principle of hiding valuables in plain sight. Developed by a group of...

SyCtel Design - 'menu' Multiple Local File Inclusions

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47526/info SyCtel Design is prone to multiple local file-include vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain potentially sensitive information and execute arbitrary loc...

Joomla! Component com_phocadownload - Local File Inclusion

Joomla! Component comphocadownload - Local File Inclusion source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47399/info The 'comphocadownload' component for Joomla! is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this...