Hidden for 19 years WinRAR code execution vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The researchers found WinRAR logic vulnerabilities that can full access to the victims computer control. The exploit only requires from the compressed file to extract it can work, more than 5 million users affected. More importantly, the vulnerability has been there 19 years, forcing WinRAR...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2019:0119-1)

This update for mariadb to version 10.2.19 fixes the following issues: bsc1116686 Security issues fixed : CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer bsc1013882 CVE-2018-3282, CVE-2018-3174, CVE-2018-3143, CVE-2018-3156, CVE-2018-3251, CVE-2018-3185, CVE-2018-3277, CVE-2018-3162, CVE-2018-317...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — January 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 49 vulnerabilities, seven of which are rated “critical,” 40 that are considered “important” and one that is “moderate.” This release also...

Fedora 29 : php-phpmailer6 (2018-18f3eff32b)

Version 6.0.6 - SECURITY Fix potential object injection vulnerability. CVE-2018-19296. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr. - Added Tagalog translation, thanks to StoneArtz - Added Malagache translation, thanks to Hackinet - Updated Serbian translation, fixed incorrect language code, thanks to...

Fedora 28 : php-phpmailer6 (2018-0f5e6e9957)

Version 6.0.6 - SECURITY Fix potential object injection vulnerability. CVE-2018-19296. Reported by Sehun Oh of cyberone.kr. - Added Tagalog translation, thanks to StoneArtz - Added Malagache translation, thanks to Hackinet - Updated Serbian translation, fixed incorrect language code, thanks to...

Microsoft Patches Out-of-Band Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Vulnerability After Exploitation Detected in the Wild

Overview Microsoft released an out-of-band OOB patch on Wednesday related to a vulnerability in the scripting engine of Internet Explorer. This particular vulnerability is believed to be actively exploited in the wild and should be patched immediately. This remote code execution bug lies in the w...

Discovering Design Principles

Carbon Black recently published a report on the challenges of securing Linux-based operating systems and how Carbon Black is redesigning the approach. For more information about how the CB Predictive Security Cloud, Carbon Black's consolidated endpoint security platform, helps enterprises cut cos...

TOOL UPDATE: Cameradar v2.1.0

PenTestIT RSS Feed My initial post covering this open source Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP surveillance camera access multi-tool was about an older version - Cameradar v2.0.0. A lot has happened since then and an update – Cameradar v2.1.0 was made available by the author. This version comes...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — October 18: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 49 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated "critical," 34 that are rated "important,” two that are considered to have “moderate” severity and on...

Click Here to Kill Everybody Reviews and Press Mentions

It's impossible to know all the details, but my latest book seems to be selling well. Initial reviews have been really positive: Boing Boing, Financial Times, Harris Online, Kirkus Reviews, Nature, Politico, and Virus Bulletin. I've also done a bunch of interviews -- either written or radio/podca...

QSC18 Virtual Edition: Vulnerability Risk Management

When vulnerability risk management is proactive, organizations don’t have to hurriedly react to attacks that exploit bugs for which patches are available, as happened with WannaCry. “The vast majority of WannaCry remediation took place as an emergency type process,” Jimmy Graham, a Qualys Directo...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 11, 2018

As a native Texan, I’ve seen more than my fair share of bugs - actual physical bugs that love the hot, humid Texas climate and my curly hair for some reason. The Zero Day Initiative ZDI sees many bugs of the software variety, including those that affect SCADA control systems. Fritz Sands recently...

Threat Roundup for June 1-15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between June 01 and June 15. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristic...

Tips for safe summer travels: your cybersecurity checklist

Summer is just around the corner in the Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes vacation plans for many. Those looking to take some time away from work and home are likely making plans to secure their home, have their pets taken care of, and tie up loose ends at work. But how about securing your...

SQL Injection Discovery Tool: SleuthQL

SleuthQL is a python3 script to identify parameters and values that contain SQL-like syntax. Once identified, SleuthQL will then insert SQLMap identifiers into each parameter where the SQL-esque variables were identified. SleuthQL aims to augment an assessor’s ability to discover SQL injection...

Target Credential Issues by Authentication Protocol - No Issues Found

Valid credentials were provided for an authentication protocol on the remote target and Nessus did not log any subsequent errors or failures for the authentication protocol. When possible, Nessus tracks errors or failures related to otherwise valid credentials in order to highlight issues that ma...

Learn How Trillions of DNS Requests Help Improve Security

Akamai's global platform is comprised of 240,000 servers in 3,750 locations within 134 countries. Additionally, our platform interacts with 1.3 billion client devices every day and we ingest 2.5 exabytes of data a year. So why are these stats important? The answer is that this visibility provides...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 7, 2018

This week marked National Teacher Appreciation Week here in the United States. I was happy to see that many other countries celebrate educators in all the other months of the year. All of us have at least one teacher, instructor or professor who really made a difference in our lives. There are tw...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 30, 2018

When I was little, I discovered the joy of jumping on the bed. While it was fun to jump on the bed, I wanted to make it more challenging so I started to imitate the ski jumpers I had seen during the 1976 Winter Olympics and jump from my parents’ dresser to the bed. I quickly found out there’s a...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of April 9, 2018

The interviewing process can be mentally draining. You have to look your best, say the right things, and prove that you’re the best person for the job. When I interview candidates, I love to come up with the one crazy question that isn’t on the usual list of questions that might be asked. I...