ASUS RT Series Routers FTP Service - Default anonymous access

Five ASUS RT series routers suffer from a vendor vulnerability that default FTP service to anonymous access, full read/write permissions. The service, which is activated from the administrative console does not give proper instructions nor indications that the end user needs to manually add a use...

Agent.btz Malware May Have Served as Starting Point for Red October, Turla

Researchers looking into the recently uncovered Turla, or Snake, cyber espionage campaign have discovered some similarities connecting it to older pieces of malware such as Agent.btz, the worm that several years ago infected U.S. military networks and eventually caused the Department of Defense t...

Linksys EA2700, EA3500, E4200, EA4500 Authentication Bypass

Linksys products EA2700, EA3500, E4200, and EA4500 suffer from having an unauthenticated interface on port 8083 periodically. Vulnerable products : Linksys EA2700, EA3500, E4200, EA4500 Vulnerability: Due to an unknown bug, which occurs by every indication during the installation and/or upgrade...

Cryptolocker Malware learned to replicate itself through removable USB drives

In the category of Ransomware Malware, a nasty piece of malware called CRYPTOLOCKER is on the top, that threatened most of the people around the world, effectively destroying important files of the victims. Cryptolocker, which strongly encrypts victims' hard drives until a ransom is paid, is now...

Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices

Challenge Tape library and drives are shown as separate devices in console or loading tape into TapeDrive0 moves the tape into TapeDrive1 etc. Shown here, the Tape Library has no Tape Drive listed Shown here, the Tape Drive is separate from the Tape Library. Cause The tape library is not reportin...

JVN#52509236: HDL-A and HDL2-A Series vulnerable in session management

HDL-A and HDL2-A Series provided by I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. are LAN connectable hard disk drives. HDL-A and HDL2-A Series contain a vulnerability related to the management of sessions. Impact A remote unauthenticated attacker may impersonate a user. As a result, information may be disclosed or...

FBI Warning Users About Financial Malware Beta Bot

The FBI began warning computer users about the Beta Bot Trojan this week, sounding the alarm about malware that has targeted a variety of online payment platforms and financial institutions over the few last months. According to an intelligence note prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center...

Prevent Veeam from locking tape drives

Challenge Veeam periodically rescans the tape drives. This locks the drives and prevents other tape software from writing to them. Cause The refresh rate on the automatic rescan is too frequent if using third party tape backup software. Solution The registry keys below prevent Veeam Backup &...

Njw0rm RAT Spreads Via USB Drives, Steals No-IP Credentials

Remote access Trojans, or RATs, are typically stay-at-home creatures. Central to a good many targeted attacks for their ability to steal data from compromised computers, RATs aren’t generally built with the capability to spread to more machines. A variant of njRAT, however, has broken that mold...

EFF: Forced Decryption Violates Fifth Amendment

If the government would like to force Jeffrey Feldman to decrypt the contents of the hard-drives and Dell computer found in his apartment, then they must offer him immunity and cannot use any of the information found on the devices as part of their case against him. That is what the Electronic...

New ZeuS Malware spreading automatically via USB Flash Drives

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months. The malware family itself is frequently updated with mechanisms designed to evade detection by antivirus and network security...

New ZeuS Malware spreading automatically via USB Flash Drives

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months. The malware family itself is frequently updated with mechanisms designed to evade detection by antivirus and network security...

Error "A hard drive is missing" when performing file restore of VM

Challenge The version of Veeam Backup & Replication you are on likely does not support the Windows drive type. Cause In older versions of Veeam Backup & Replication, we were unable to perform File Level Recoveries on drives with the GPT type or marked as Dynamic with a spanned volumes. If you are...

Move Over Conficker, Web Threats are Top Enterprise Risk

Microsoft is ready to officially declare network worms passé for the enterprise. In its latest Security Intelligence Report, released Wednesday, Microsoft said that risks posed by Web-based threats to large, distributed network environments have surpassed malware such as Conficker. The report is...

[OSForensics V2.0] Digital investigation Tool

OSForensics updated to version 2.0. OSForensics allows you to identify suspicious files and activity with hash matching, drive signature comparisons, e-mails, memory and binary data. It lets you extract forensic evidence from computers quickly with advanced file searching and indexing and enables...

Password Cracker Targets Siemens S7 PLCs

Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers, the same PLC family exploited by the Stuxnet malware, are in the crosshairs of a password-cracking tool that is capable of stealing credentials from industrial control systems. PLCs are microprocessors that automate mechanical processes inside factories,...

Shylock banking malware spreads via Skype

The banking Trojan known as Shylock has been updated with new functionality, including the ability to spread over Skype. The program was discovered in 2011 that steals online banking credentials and other financial information from infected computers. Shylock, named after a character from...

Inside the 1,000 Red October Cyberespionage Malware Modules

The Red October espionage malware campaign is providing security researchers with a deep dive into the complexity of targeted attacks, which in this case made use of more than 1,000 malware modules for everything from reconnaissance on targets to exfiltration of data to command and control server...

Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives

The US Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants...

Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants...