IoT Botnets Found Using Default Credentials for C&C Server Databases

Not following cybersecurity best practices could not only cost online users but also cost cybercriminals. Yes, sometimes hackers don't take best security measures to keep their infrastructure safe. A variant of IoT botnet, called Owari , that relies on default or weak credentials to hack insecure...

Cloudflare Gets Transparent on DNS Resolver Outage

In a testament to transparency, Cloudflare has explained a 17-minute outage on its 1.1.1.1 resolver service last week: It was a glitch in its own systems, not a cyber-incident. The 1.1.1.1 service is a Domain Name System DNS resolver that matches up URLs say, “cloudflare.com” with their...

Liberapay: Missing back-end user input validation can lead to DOS flaw

Hello Team, Usually such kind of reports are out of scope, however I still would like to report you the business logic weakness that should be eliminated, at least from my point of view. Due to missing user input validation it is can lead to application unavailability. Details: During brief revie...

Moodle 3.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (May 2018) - Windows

Moodle CMS is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:moodle:moodle"; ifdescription...

Moodle 3.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (May 2018) - Linux

Moodle CMS is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:moodle:moodle"; ifdescription...

15 years prison for man who hired attackers to DDoS his ex-employer

By Waqas John Kelsey Gammell, a 46-year-old from New Mexico has been sentenced This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 15 years prison for man who hired attackers to DDoS his ex-employer...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

CVE-2018-1137

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

CVE-2018-1137

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

CVE-2018-1137

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

CVE-2018-1137

CVE-2018-1137 affects Moodle 3.x. The issue arises when URLs in portfolios are substituted, allowing an attacker to instantiate any class. This can be exploited by users logged in as guests to launch a DDoS attack. Publicly documented details describe the vulnerability mechanism and impact; no re...

CVE-2018-1137

An issue was discovered in Moodle 3.x. By substituting URLs in portfolios, users can instantiate any class. This can also be exploited by users who are logged in as guests to create a DDoS attack...

Wicked Botnet Uses Passel of Exploits to Target IoT

Yet another variant of the Mirai botnet has appeared on the scene, but this one has a twist: The code is integrated with at least three exploits that target unpatched IoT devices, including closed-circuit cameras and Netgear routers. It also has ties to a web of other botnets, made for DDoS...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform director security update

An update is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 Ocata. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform director security update

An update is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 Newton. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses

Universal Plug and Play networking protocols have never been a friend of security researchers. On Monday, Imperva gave the InfoSec community another reason to dislike UPnP. In a proof-of-concept Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack, Imperva researchers have devised a way to exploit the UPnP...

New DDoS Attack Method Demands a Fresh Approach to Amplification Assault Mitigation

Amplification attack vectors are some of the most commonly used tools in the DDoS attacker’s arsenal. In the last quarter of 2017, we saw NTP amplification employed in roughly 33 percent of all DDoS assaults against our customers, while DNS and SSDP amplification vectors played a part in 17 perce...

A week in security (May 7 – May 13)

Last week on Labs, we looked at the case of a fake Android AV, an annoying adware that goes by the name of Kuik, the return of threat actors behind the Shopper Stop tech scam, a new Netflix phishing scam, the recent zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and the insufficiency of merely...

Denmark’s largest train operator hit by service crippling DDoS attack

By Waqas Another day, another DDoS attack causing passengers a great deal This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Denmark's largest train operator hit by service crippling DDoS attack...

Calamp.com Incorrect Privilege Assignment

There is also a full write up on https://medium.com/@evstykas/remote-smart-car-hacking-with-just-a-phone-2fe7ca682162 Vulnerability Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Incorrect Privilege Assignment product: lenderoutlook on...