Fake H1N1 E-mail Alerts Lead to Malware

Malicious hackers are using fake alerts around H1N1 Swine Flu vaccines to trick end users into installing malware on Windows computers, according to warnings issued by computer security firms. The latest malware campaign begins with e-mail messages offering information regarding the H1N1...

Botnet-Infected Computers Powering Click Fraud

According to new data from ClickForensics, botnet-infected computers are behind the majority of click-fraud attacks against advertisers and publishers. For the third quarter this year, about 43 percent of all fraudulent clicks came from computers within botnets. The figure is the highest in four...

Novell ZENworks Patch Management Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities (CVE-2005-3315)

ZENworks is a resource management solution developed by Novell. The product provides system administrators with management capabilities of remote networked computers. The software suite is composed of several product components. Some of the available ZENworks product components are ZENworks Deskt...

Researcher Finds Twitter Botnet Command Channel

Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation. The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots — sending new links for the infected computers ...

Twitter Suspends Accounts of Users With Infected Computers

From IDG News Service Jeremy Kirk Twitter is suspending the accounts of some users whose computers have fallen victim to a well-known piece of malicious software that has targeted other sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The malware, Koobface, is designed to spread itself by checking to see if...

Conficker hits University of Utah

University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers tech.yahoo.com, including those at the school’s three hospitals. University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow computers and steal personal...

Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn't over

By Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service An expected activation of the Conficker.c worm at midnight today passed without incident computerworld.com, despite sensationalized fears cbsnews.com that the Internet itself might be affected, but security researchers said users aren’t out of the woods yet. Whil...

Stack overflow

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the ServerView web interface SnmpGetMibValues.exe in Fujitsu Siemens Computers ServerView 04.60.07 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL...

KLA10323 ACE vulnerabilities ServerView

A buffer overflow was found in ServerView. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed URL. Original advisories - Related products ServerView CVE list CVE-2008-3126 high Solution Update to lates...

BusyBox (uname) Local Format String Exploit

No description provided by source. / lul-busybox.c copyright C 2008 lul-disclosure inc. All rights reserved. this code is distributed with the LPL license agreement http://lul-disclosure.net/LPL.txt moar commonly known as the EULA Epic User License Agreement busybox uname format string exploit by...

ThinkVantage System Update < 3.14 SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing

The remote host is running ThinkVantage System Update, a software distribution tool for Lenovo computers. The version of System Update installed on the remote host reportedly does not perform certificate chain verification when initiating an SSL connection with an update server. An attacker who...

HP Software Update HPeDiag ActiveX Control GetXmlFromIni buffer overflow

Added: 05/22/2008 CVE: CVE-2008-0712 BID: 28929 OSVDB: 44662 Background HP Software Update is shipped with various kinds of HP computers to keep HP software up to date. Problem A buffer overflow in the GetXmlFromIni method of the HPeDiag ActiveX control allows command execution when a user loads ...

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 3.0.0-25.4.swsoft VZPP Interface Change Pass - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 3.0.0-25.4.swsoft VZPP Interface Change Pass - Cross-Site Request Forgery source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28593/info Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability. Exploiting the issue will allow a remote attacker to...

JVN#79114735 Google Desktop cross-site scripting vulnerability

Google Desktop, software for searching information on local computers, contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Impact An arbitrary script could be executed on the web browser of a user who uses Google Desktop. Solution According to the vendor, this vulnerability has been fixed in Google...

Microsoft Excel Style Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Excel is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Attackers may exploit this issue by enticing victims into opening a maliciously crafted Excel file '.xls'. Successful exploits may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the...

Integrity Clientless Security (ICS) Update 3.7.211.0

Check Point Integrity ™ Clientless Security ICS protects your Web site by detecting and disabling spyware processes and allowing you to enforce security policies before a user logs onto your network. Using ICS you can prevent users with potentially harmful software from accessing your Web site, a...

Novell ZENworks ESM Security Client STEngine Privilege Escalation

Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management ESM Security Client is installed on the remote host. It provides a centrally-managed, policy-based firewall for enterprise computers. The version of this software on the remote host dynamically generates various scripts which are then executed by the...

Panda AdminSecure Communications Agent Detection

The remote service is a Communications Agent, which manages communications between Panda AdminSecure and client computers for centralized management of Panda antivirus software. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include"compat.inc"; if...

Authentication flaw

The web interface in Fujitsu-Siemens Computers PRIMERGY BX300 Switch Blade allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by canceling the authentication dialog when accessing a sub-page, which still displays the form field contents of the sub-page, as demonstrated using 1...

CVE-2007-3011

The DBAsciiAccess CGI Script in the web interface in Fujitsu-Siemens Computers ServerView before 4.50.09 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Servername subparameter of the ParameterList parameter...