April 2012 – Xbox Credit Card Hack

Microsoft, makers of the ubiquitous Xbox gaming console are still looking into an issue with the device’s hard drive that could allow attackers to collect sensitive information about prior users. The investigation started after a group of students from Dakota State University allegedly recovered...

Like Those Wikipedia Ads? They Mean You're Infected With Malware!

The Wikimedia Foundation is warning its millions of visitors that if they’re seeing ads appearing on any of the Foundation’s Web sites, then their computer is probably infected with malware. The Foundation issued a statement on Monday clarifying that it never runs ads on the Web site for Wikipedi...

New .Secure Global TLD Proposed

A group of security experts is working to put together a new global TLD that will require companies and individuals applying for domains to adhere to strict security policies and requirements. The proposed .secure TLD is intended to be a known safe group of domains and would include mandatory use...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: hddtemp-0.3-0.24.beta15.fc17

hddtemp is a tool that gives you the temperature of your hard drive by reading S.M.A.R.T. information...

Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice

Posing as the US Department of Justice DoJ, a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims. The infections are occurring after users are lured to a drive-by download site where a dropper installs the Citad...

New Flashback Variant Using Twitter as Backup C&C Channel

The latest version of the Flashback malware that’s infecting Macs has a new command-and-control infrastructure that used Twitter as a fallback mechanism in case the normal C&C system isn’t available. This is not the first time a botnet has used Twitter for some form of command and control, but it...

CPE17 Autorun Killer 1.7.1 - Local Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

CPE17 Autorun Killer 1.7.1 - Local Stack Buffer Overflow Metasploit CPE17 Autorun Killer 'CPE17 Autorun Killer %q readfile function is vulnerable it can be overflow , 'Author' = 'Xelenonz' , 'Version' = '0.1', 'Payload' = 'EncoderType' = Msf::Encoder::Type::AlphanumMixed, 'EncoderOptions' =...

New Version of WordPress Fixes Slew of Security Bugs

A new version of the WordPress software is available, and the update includes fixes for a number of security vulnerabilities, including a bug in components that are used to upload media to WordPress sites. Version 3.3.2 also has some other fixes for cross-site scripting and other flaws. WordPress...

Sabpab - Another Mac os Backdoor Trojan Discovered

Sabpab - Another Mac os Backdoor Trojan Discovered Security firm Sophos has discovered more malware for the Mac OS X platform called Sabpab. It uses the same Java vulnerability as Flashback to install itself as a "drive-by download." Users of older versions of Java now have still more malware to...

Mozilla Weighing Opt-In Requirement for Web Plugins

Mozilla is developing a feature in Firefox that would require some user interaction in order for Flash ads, Java scripts and other content that uses plugins to play. In addition to easing system slowdowns, the opt-in for Web plugins is expected to reduce threats posed by exploiting security...

Many Mac Users Running Vulnerable Java Versions

Researchers have known for a long time that many users don’t pay much attention to updating the third-party software, browser plugins and extensions, and that lack of care has been to the benefit of attackers for years. Attacks on Flash, Java, QuickTime and various other ubiquitous apps have been...

Flashback Mac Trojan Hits More than 500K Machines

The Flashback Trojan that has been infecting Mac OSX machines of late appears to have become the most successful piece of Mac-based malware in the short history of such things. Researchers say that there have been upwards of 500,000 Macs infected by the malware, and that number may still rise...

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a drive-by download attack that evades hard-drive checkers by installing malware that lives in the computer's memory. The 'fileless' bot is more difficult for antivirus software to detect, and resides in...

Bugtraq-I : Distribution for Pentesting and forensics

Bugtraq-I : Distribution for Pentesting and forensics Bugtraq system offers the most comprehensive distribution, optimal, stable and automatic security to date. Bugtraq is a distribution based on the 2.6.38 kernel has a wide range of penetration and forensic tools. Bugtraq can be installed from a...

Rogue Antivirus advertised on 200000 hacked Web pages

Rogue Antivirus advertised on 200000 hacked Web pages The Websense has detected a new wave of mass-injections of a well-known rogue antivirus campaign, a new mass injection attack has infected over 200,000 Web pages, amounting to close to 30,000 unique Web hosts. The attack uses SQL injection...

New Version of Flashback Mac Trojan Found Using Java Exploits

A new version of the Flashback Trojan that targets Macs has appeared, and this one uses a drive-by download technique to attempt exploits of two Java vulnerabilities. The Flashback.G malware also tries to trick users into accepting a fake digital certificate, which will install the malware if the...

PHP local file inclusion(LFI)exploit-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

This study main references are: http://downloads.ackack.net/LocalFileInclusion.pdf Experimental code: If you are on linux, be submitted directly to: test. php? for=/etc/passwd%0 0 to display the file. ? php include$GET'for'.‘. php’;//for testing local include vulnerability ?& gt; If it is on win,...

HITB2011KUL - Attacking Privacy of Social Network Users

Document Title: =============== HITB2011KUL - Attacking Privacy of Social Network Users References: =========== Download: http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/resources/videos/425.wmv View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGuV0Om67n8 Release Date: ============= 2012-02-05 Vulnerability Laboratory ID...

Network Of 7K Typo Squatting Domains Drives Huge Traffic To Spam Web Sites

A report from Websense finds that spammers are cleaning up on misspelled domain names for prominent sites. A network of such typo squatting sites is driving millions of visitors to a Web site controlled by the spammers, making it one of the most traffic sites on the Internet. The report, on...

Snail mail the data

Another way to avoid having your digital privacy intruded upon is to backup all the data onto an external hard drive, USB drive or SD card making sure the content of your backup is encrypted, of course. You can then ship the data to your destination. With your data copied off the device, you can...