CVE-2013-3773

Unspecified vulnerability in the SPARC Enterprise M Series Servers component in Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite XCP 1114 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to XSCF Control Package XCP...

U.S Emergency broadcast System vulnerable to hackers

A major vulnerability has been discovered in the U.S. Emergency Alert System, researchers have warned.that could allow hackers to break into the system and broadcast fake messages to the United States. According to a new report by security firm IOActive, U.S. Emergency Alert System, the system us...

MGASA-2013-0175 Updated subversion packages fix security vulnerabilities

Subversion repositories with the FSFS repository data store format can be corrupted by newline characters in filenames. A remote attacker with a malicious client could use this flaw to disrupt the service for other users using that repository CVE-2013-1968. Subversion's svnserve server process ma...

PT-2013-1133

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X.org libFS version 1.0.4 and earlier xorg-server versions prior to 1.14.3-r2 libfs affected versions not specified Description The issue allows for a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the FSOpenServer...

PT-2013-1125

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libXi versions 1.7.1 and earlier xorg-server versions prior to 1.14.3-r2 libXext versions 1.3.2 libX11 versions 1.6.0 libXt versions 1.1.4 libXfixes versions 5.0.1 libXinerama versions 1.1.3 libXrandr versions 1.4.1 libXp versions 1.0.2...

Cisco Prime Network Control System Default Credentials (cisco-sa-20130410-ncs)

According to its self-reported version, the remote host is running a release of Cisco Prime Network Control System prior to 1.1.2. As such, it reportedly has the following vulnerabilities : - The 'oracle' user account is secured with an unspecified, default password. CSCtz30468 - The 'wcsdba'...

At Microsoft, a Sharp Focus on Cybercrime

REDMOND, Wash.–Cybercrime has developed in the last few years into a major concern, not just for the consumers and businesses that are victims, but also for governments around the world. Obama administration officials have called it one of the larger threats to the United States economy. While la...

PT-2013-1007

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS versions 12.0 through 12.4 Cisco IOS versions 15.0 through 15.3 Cisco IOS-XE versions 2.x through 3.9.xS Cisco ASA and PIX versions 7.x through 9.1 Cisco FWSM Cisco NX-OS Cisco StarOS versions prior to 14.0.50488 Description The OSPF...

Spamhaus DDoS Attacks Triple Size of Attacks on US Banks

So you thought the 100 Gbps distributed denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks were big? Ongoing attacks against Spamhaus have three times the fury and have affected unrelated online services as collateral damage. Attackers from Dutch webhost Cyberbunker are turning on a firehose of bad...

Cyberattack Disrupts South Korean TV, Banks

The other Korea’s specter loomed large among speculators and fingers pointers Wednesday morning when reports surfaced that the networks of several prominent South Korean banks and broadcasters dropped offline. While talk of abandoning a 60-year-old Korean War ceasefire surfaced and tempers flared...

Wonderware Intelligence Tableau Server Ruby on Rails Improper Input Validation (Update A)

Overview This updated advisory was orignally posted to the US-CERT secure Portal library on February 5, 2013, and is now being released to the ICS-CERT Web page. Mitigation details for multiple vulnerabilities that impact third-party software integrated into the Invensys Wonderware Intelligence...

Service Disruption or Destruction: Which is Worse?

Outcomes in security tend to be about data loss; stolen pharmaceutical formulas, jet fighter blueprints, patient records, credit card numbers etc. All of these come with a great cost to the victim and make for sexy headlines. But far too little is dissected and analyzed about service disruptions...

CVE-2012-6442: Improper Access Control

When an affected product receives a valid CIP message from an unauthorized or unintended source to Port 2222/TCP, Port 2222/UDP, Port 44818/TCP, or Port 44818/UDP that instructs the product to reset, a DoS can occur. This situation could cause loss of availability and a disruption of communicatio...

Symantec Warns of New Malware Targeting SQL Databases

Symantec is warning of a new bit of malware that appears to be modifying corporate databases, particularly in the Middle East, though its showing up elsewhere in the world too. W32.Narilam, first discovered Nov. 15, follows a similar pattern of other worms by copying itself onto infected machines...

Mozilla: Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-86)

Buffer overflow in the nsCharTraits::length function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service heap memory...

Cyber attack on Iran's Internet system Disrupts Iran Internet

IRAN state official has said that Cyber attackers have targeted Iranian infrastructure and communications companies, disrupting the Internet across the country. "Yesterday we had a heavy attack against the country's infrastructure and communications companies which has forced us to limit the...

Sandia Lab's MegaDroid Project Builds Out Massive Android Test Platform

It might sound like a security researcher’s worst nightmare to string together 300,000 virtual instances of the Android OS, but for scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, it’s just another day. The Department of Energy-sponsored national security-focused laboratory released the MegaDroid...

SAP NetWeaver SDM - denial of service

Application: SAP NetWeaver SDM Versions Affected: SAP NetWeaver SDM Vendor URL: http://www.sap.com Bugs: DoS Exploits: YES Reported: 10.02.2012 Vendor response: 11.02.2012 Date of Public Advisory: 10.12.2012 Reference: SAP Security Note 1724516 Authors: Alexander Polyakov ERPScan Description SAP...

Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks : Are we prepared ?

An electromagnetic pulse EMP attack is a threat few Americans are familiar with, yet one which could easily destroy their lives. What would you do if your electricity suddenly went out and didn't come back on for months or even years? How long would you last with the food in your pantry, the...

Design/Logic Flaw

The deleteinstallfiles function in control/ContentController.php in SilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.7 does not require ADMIN permissions, which allows remote attackers to delete index.php and "disrupt modrewrite-less URL routing."...