Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID12408: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on November 13, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 36412 First Published: 2014 November 13 16:57 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID12408 may contain the following files: Name |...

CVE-2014-6966

The West Bend School District aka net.parentlink.westbend application 4.0.500 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

Design/Logic Flaw

The West Bend School District aka net.parentlink.westbend application 4.0.500 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-6966

The CVE-2014-6966 entry concerns the West Bend School District Android app (version 4.0.500, net.parentlink.westbend). The vulnerability is that the application does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, enabling man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive informat...

CVE-2014-6966

The West Bend School District aka net.parentlink.westbend application 4.0.500 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

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