Batchwiper malware, new virus targets Iranian computers

Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. Dubbed Batchwiper, the malware systematically wipes any drive partitions starting with the letters D through I Drive, along with any files stored on the Windows desktop of the user...

Batchwiper malware, new virus targets Iranian computers

Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. Dubbed Batchwiper, the malware systematically wipes any drive partitions starting with the letters D through I Drive, along with any files stored on the Windows desktop of the user...

Samsung Smart TV Bug Allows Remote Access, Root Privileges

It turns out that some smart TVs are a little too smart for their own good–and the good of users. Some specific models of Samsung TVs that have Wi-Fi and other advanced capabilities have a flaw that enables an attacker to take a variety of actions on the TV, including accessing potentially...

Lenovo Hui shields 5. x password leak-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Lenovo Hui shields Lenovo's hard drive protection system 5. x is the Beijing Sea of light the company cooperation to launch the product in the school room can often be seen. Due to product design flaws, allowing any user in the hard disk protection system to enable state read administrator...

New Linux Rootkit Attacks Internet Users

Security researchers have discovered what appears to be an experimental Linux rootkit designed to infect its highly select victims during a classic drive-by website attack. The malware allows hackers to inject code directly in any infected web page. The new malware, discovered on November 13 of...

Go Daddy Sites Serve Up Ransomware Malware

Domain name registrar and website hosting provider Go Daddy is responding to a DNS attack targeting a "small number" of its hosted websites that one security firm said is enabling cyber criminals to spread ransomware. The DNS Domain Name System is what transfers host-names into IP addresses,...

New Linux Rootkit Emerges

A new Linux rootkit has emerged and researchers who have analyzed its code and operation say that the malware appears to be a custom-written tool designed to inject iframes into Web sites and drive traffic to malicious sites for drive-by download attacks. The rootkit is designed specifically for...

Window 8 will get its first critical patch this Friday

The Windows 8 and Windows RT security updates will be the first shipped since those operating systems' launch on Oct. 26. The latest vulnerabilities include three critical security vulnerabilities for Windows 8, and one critical security vulnerability for the Surface-based Windows RT operating...

Adobe Drive Installed

Adobe Drive is installed on the remote Windows host. Drive provides digital asset management that integrates with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid62685; scriptversion"1.8";...

DropBox iOS / Android App File Theft

DropBox version 1.4.6 on iOS, 2.0.1 on Android, and Google Drive version 1.0.1 on iOS suffer from a file theft vulnerability due to allowing arbitrary javascript to be executed inside of the privileged file zone. 1 Introduction ================================================ Recently, I discover...

Firefox 17 Beta Released with Click-to-Play Plugins for blocking vulnerable Plugins

Last week, Mozilla announced it will prompt Firefox users on Windows with old versions of Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash, and Microsoft Silverlight, but refused to detail how the system will work. Finally today Firefox 17 is now in beta and with it is a very cool feature, click-to-play plugins. When a...

Mozilla Adds Click-to-Play Plugin Security Feature to Firefox Beta

Attackers have been going after vulnerabilities in browser plugins and extensions for years now, as they know that users are slow about updating these components. Even if users have the browser set to update automatically, the third-party components are a separate issue and need to be patched on...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: libvirt security and bug fix update

Updated libvirt packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed...

CVE-2012-5380

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in Ruby 1.9.3-p194, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Ruby193\bin directory, which may be added to the PATH system environment variable by...

CVE-2012-5379

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality in ActivePython 3.2.2.3, when installed in the top-level C:\ directory, might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:\Python27 or C:\Python27\Scripts directory, which may be added to the PATH syste...

PT-2012-5963 · Microsoft +1 · Windows 8 +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PHP version 5.3.17 Description: The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the installation functionality of PHP. This vulnerability might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the C:PHP...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netscape (MDKSA-2000:036)

There exists a problem in all versions of Netscape from 4.0 to 4.74 with Java enabled. Under certain conditions, Netscape can be turned into a server that serves files on your local hard drive that Netscape has read access to and remote people can access it by connecting their web client to port...

Mobile Malware Is Up – Way Up – in McAfee Q2 Threat Report

McAfee Labs researchers today announced a surge in malware samples this year – particularly threats that take advantage of mobile networks to launch drive-by downloads, control botnets using Twitter and spread ransomware that locks down infected machines and demand payments from users. The Santa...

Detecting and Removing Vulnerable Java Versions

As attacks on the new Java zero-day vulnerability continue and researchers look for ways to mitigate the flaw, they are encouraging users to disable Java in their browsers. There is now a site that users can visit that will detect whether their browser is running a vulnerable version of Java...

Details of New Java Exploit Emerge

More details about the new Java zero day vulnerability are emerging, and as the seriousness of the problem has become clear, researchers have recommended that users disable Java altogether for the time being if they don’t have a specific need for it. The vulnerability in Java first emerged late...