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Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D — Mozilla
Mozilla developer Bas Schouten reported that the introduction of the "Azure" graphics back-end on Windows in Firefox 7 re-introduced the cross-origin data theft issue reported by nasalislarvatus3000 as described in MFSA 2011-29...
Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS — Mozilla
Yosuke Hasegawa reported that the Mozilla browser engine mishandled invalid sequences in the Shift-JIS encoding. When encountering an invalid pair Mozilla would turn the entire two-byte sequence into a single unknown character rather than an unknown character followed by a valid single-byte...
DUQU – Another Stuxnet in the Making ?
DUQU – Another Stuxnet in the Making ? Article by : Nidhi Rastogi is a Cyber security professional based in New York. Article shared from THE HACKER NEWS magazine - November Edition. You can download Complete Magazine here. Barely a year into discovering Stuxnet, the world recently saw its powerf...
Duqu Trojan found in Indian Server
Duqu Trojan found in Indian Server Last week we update you about Duqu when Symantec said it had found a mysterious computer virus that contained code similar to Stuxnet, a piece of malware believed to have wreaked havoc on Iran's nuclear program. Two workers at a web-hosting company called Web...
Most advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products - why you should be concerned !
Most advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products - Why you should be concerned ! Indian security researcher from MalCon has created an advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products which can not only compromize your privacy but also steal important data and let hackers control your...
Most advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products - why you should be concerned !
Most advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products - Why you should be concerned ! Indian security researcher from MalCon has created an advanced and dangerous malware for Apple products which can not only compromize your privacy but also steal important data and let hackers control your...
NSA Director Says U.S. Working to Push Attack Data to ISPs
WASHINGTON–The commander of the U.S. Cyber Command said that the federal government is working on a system now that would allow it to work with ISPs and others to help stop ongoing attacks against government and private networks by pushing intelligence and attack signatures to them. Gen. Keith...
Japanese Parliament Struggling To Address Hack, Data Theft
The fallout from a targeted attack on computers belonging to members of the Japanese House of Representatives continued on Tuesday, with claims that both servers and PCs on the House network were infected with a password stealing Trojan, and reports that House members had taken to storing sensiti...
Suspect in "Hackerazzi" Case Says He Will Plead Guilty
A 35 year-old Florida man is facing a lengthy prison term after being arrested in connection with high profile hacks of the Web-based email accounts of more than 50 celebrities, including Hollywood ingenue Scarlett Johansson. According to a copy of the indictment PDF, Christopher Chaney of...
Microsoft Targets SpyEye Trojan in Latest MSRT Update
The company takes aim at the ubiquitous SpyEye banking trojan with its free Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT, saying that the malware is more common than ever, and is being used to grab data from sensitive online sessions. In a blog post on Wednesday on the company’s Malware Protection Center...
Code injection
A certain HTC update for Android 2.3.4 build GRJ22, when the Sense interface is used on the HTC EVO 3D, EVO 4G, ThunderBolt, and unspecified other devices, provides the HtcLoggers.apk application, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain a list of telephone numbers from a log, and...
The Dangers of Second-Order Vulnerabilities
SAN FRANCISCO–There are dozens of new bugs discovered every week in popular applications, and many of them are painted as critical flaws that need to be patched immediately lest you risk the wrath of the attackers. However, in many cases, it’s not necessarily those highly publicized flaws that wi...
New DroidDream Variant Has Ability To Fight Off Other Malware
DroidDream, a malicious program that targets Android devices, received a major overhaul, and now contains more features for stealing data and phishing the owners of compromised Android phones and tablets, according to a Trend Micro researcher. The latest update to the DroidDream malware, which...
Nude Scarlett Johansson Photos Believed Part of Larger Attacks on Hollywood Celebs
Nude photos of Hollywood film star Scarlett Johansson appeared online this week, adding yet another name to a growing list of Hollywood celebrities who have had sensitive data and photos stolen from personal computers, cell phones, e-mail and Twitter accounts in a wide ranging campaign of targete...
Sony Hires Ex- Homeland Security Official after PlayStation Hack
Sony Hires Ex- Homeland Security Official after PlayStation Hack Sony has hired a former official at the US Department of Homeland Security for the new post of chief information security officer, months after a massive hacking attack leaked information on 100 million user accounts on its games...
seamonkey: Update to Mozilla Seamonkey 2.3 (important)
Mozilla Seamonkey suite was updated to version 2.3. The update fixes bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-33.ht ml Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2011-33 MFSA 2011-33 Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2011-...
Ice IX, the First Crimeware Based on the Leaked ZeuS Sources
After rumors about the supposed merger between SpyEye and ZeuS, and the public release of the source of the latter, it was logical that the range of possibilities opened up even more for new cybercriminals into the ecosystem of crimeware. Consistent with this, it was only a matter of time for the...
Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability at Google Appspot
Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability at Google Appspot The Google Appspot "ClickDesk " login page is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting attack. Cross Site scripting attack is a critical issue in web application. When an attacker gets a user's browser to execute his/her XSS code, the code will run...
