GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Plant Applications Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Overview ICS-CERT received a report from GE Intelligent Platforms and the Zero Day Initiative ZDI concerning multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Plant Applications. These vulnerabilities were reported to ZDI by independent security researcher Luigi...

Another Cyber attack Hit Regions Bank and SunTrust

As warned by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters They launched another distributed denial-of-service DDOS attack against the website of Regions Financial Corp regions.com and SunTrust. The computer attacks burden the bank websites with heavy traffic volume that causes slow service for the sites o...

VUPEN - Mozilla Firefox "nsHTMLEditRules" Remote Use-after-free (CVE-2012-3958 / MFSA 2012-58)

VUPEN Security Research - Mozilla Firefox "nsHTMLEditRules" Remote Use-after-free CVE-2012-3958 / MFSA 2012-58 Website : http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser and...

Kaspersky Password Manager - Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Kaspersky Password Manager - Filter Bypass Vulnerability References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=674 Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/674.wmv View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D86ic9opYE Advisory:...

Vasillis Pappas Wins $200,000 Microsoft Blue Hat Prize

LAS VEGAS–Microsoft on Thursday handed out three rather large checks to a trio of security researchers, the largest one–$200,000–going to Vasillis Pappas who won the company’s first Blue Hat Prize competition for defensive technologies. Pappas’s kBouncer ROP mitigation technology edged out...

Optimalog Optima PLC Multiple Vulnerabilities

Overview Independent researcher Luigi Auriemma identified a NULL Pointer Dereference and an Infinite Loop and released proof-of-concept exploit code for Optimalog’s Optima PLC application without coordination with ICS-CERT, the vendor, or any other coordinating entity known to ICS-CERT. Optimalog...

LeBron James, Advanced Attackers and the Best Man Theory

There is a line of thinking that pervades and pollutes the discussions of many sporting events, and it goes something like this: “You can’t let LeBron James/Derek Jeter/Lionel Messi beat you. You have to force someone else to beat you.” It’s a flawed strategy for a number of reasons, but it’s eve...

Microsoft Reveals Blue Hat Prize Finalists

Microsoft has announced the three finalists for its $200,000 Blue Hat Prize contest and all three of the researchers in the running for the win submitted technologies designed to defeat ROP return-oriented programming exploits. Each of the entrants takes a different tack with his ROP defense and ...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player NetStream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB12-07 / CVE-2012-0773)

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player NetStream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability APSB12-07 / CVE-2012-0773 Website : http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player "Matrix3D" Remote Memory Corruption (CVE-2012-0768)

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Flash Player "Matrix3D" Remote Memory Corruption APSB12-05 / CVE-2012-0768 Website : http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- Adobe Flash Player is a cross-platform browser-based application...

SQL-Injection (Error-Patching) - Basic Lesson #1

Document Title: =============== SQL-Injection Error-Patching - Basic Lesson 1 References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/446.wmv View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6fu0X9epQ Release Date: ============= 2012-02-26 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

SQL-Injection (Error-Patching) - Basic Lesson #1

Document Title: =============== SQL-Injection Error-Patching - Basic Lesson 1 References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/446.wmv View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd6fu0X9epQ Release Date: ============= 2012-02-26 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

Measuresoft ScadaPro DLL Hijack

Overview Independent researcher Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann identified a remotely exploitable, uncontrolled search path element vulnerability, commonly referred to as a DLL hijack, in Measuresoft’s ScadaPro application. Measuresoft has produced an upgrade to address this vulnerability. Mr...

PHP Webbots Technic via File Include & Webshell VD

Document Title: =============== PHP Webbots Technic via File Include & Webshell VD References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/445.wmv View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwkUVZPxEmQ Release Date: ============= 2012-02-18 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HTML Help Vulnerabilities

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 8.8 ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit Vendor: GE Equipment: Intelligent Platforms Vulnerabilities: Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Command Injection 2. UPDATE INFORMATION This updated advisory is a follow-up to the original advisory titled...

Brad Arkin

In a keynote on Thursday, Brad Arkin, Adobe’s Senior Director of Product Security and Privacy spoke on driving up the cost of exploits in products like Reader and Flash Player in an attempt to thwart would-be attackers. Fixing every security bug is often impossible, so instead of writing flawless...

How Offensive Research Drives Down the Cost of Attacks

CANCUN–The offensive security research community has evolved in the last decade or so from a relatively small and insular group inwardly focused, to a large and rather vocal group with a wide variety of motives, opinions and skill levels. But, to hear Brad Arkin of Adobe tell it, the huge amount ...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader PCX Processing Heap Overflow Vulnerability

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader PCX Processing Heap Overflow Vulnerability Website : http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Adobe Acrobat and Reader are the global standards for electronic document...

Katie Moussouris on the Microsoft Blue Hat Prize

Dennis Fisher talks with Katie Moussouris of Microsoft about the company’s new Blue Hat Prize for innovative defensive security technology, why Microsoft didn’t start a bug bounty program and whether this will become an annual contest. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital...

Safenet Sentinel and 7-T Input Sanitization Vulnerability

Overview ICS-CERT originally released advisory ICSA-11-314-01P on the US-CERT secure portal on November 14, 2011. This web page release was delayed to allow users time to download and install the update. Security researcher Carlos Mario Penagos Hollman of Synapse-labs has identified an input...