Legal Robot: Code injection

A security researcher discovered that they were able to inject potentially malicious code into Legal Robot's newly created Roadmap page through improper input sanitization when submitting a new Idea for consideration by the community. A limited-scope attack was possible since the input sanitizati...

WakaTime: Impersonation of Wakatime user using Invitation functionality.

Hi wakatime team, I have found a vulnerability in your leaderboard invitation functionality which can be used to trick the victims on the name of wakatime. Anyone can sign up with any email id and use the leadersboard invitation to invite anyone. This loophole can be leveraged for impersonation o...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Kakadu SDK Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic and Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos.Today, Talos is disclosing multiple vulnerabilities that have been identified in the Kakadu JPEG 2000 SDK. The vulnerabilities manifest in a way that could be exploited if a user opens a specifically crafted JPEG 2000...

IC3 Releases Alert on Gift Card Scams

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert warning consumers of music gift card scams. This type of scam targets victims, gains their confidence, and tricks them into providing gift card information. To stay safer online, review the IC3 alert on Online Scammers Require Payment...

Schneider Electric Trio TView

CVSS v3 10.0 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Public exploits are available. Vendor: Schneider Electric Equipment: Trio TView Vulnerabilities: Multiple Vulnerabilities for Java Runtime Environment AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of Schneider Electric Trio TView...

Pythem - Penetration Testing Framework

pythem is a multi-purpose pentest framework written in Python. It has been developed to be used by security researchers and security professionals. The tool intended to be used only for acts within the law. I am not liable for any undue and unlawful act practiced by this tool, for more informatio...

APT Group Uses Catfish Technique To Ensnare Victims

LAS VEGAS–Meet Mia Ash, a 20-something London-based photographer, amateur model, social media butterfly with a keen interest in tech-savvy guys with ties to the oil and gas industry. You guessed it. Mia Ash doesn’t exist. Ash, according to Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit, is a virtual person...

SteelCon: Mahkra ni Orroz

I recently gave a talk at Sheffield's SteelCon, a huge security event spread over a few days with no end of interesting activities taking place. My presentation, called Makhra ni Orroz, is a good 45 minutes of non stop talking and pictures and things. It's also a bit different in terms of what I...

FLARE VM: The Windows Malware Analysis Distribution You’ve Always Needed!

As a reverse engineer on the FLARE Team I rely on a customized Virtual Machine VM to perform malware analysis. The Virtual Machine is a Windows installation with numerous tweaks and tools to aid my analysis. Unfortunately trying to maintain a custom VM like this is very laborious: tools frequentl...

Legal Robot: Token leakage by referrer header & analytics

A security researcher discovered that sensitive information, like password reset tokens could still be leaked to analytics services like Google Analytics or via the Referer sic header. Even though tokens were immediately invalidated, we decided to re-engineer the process to eliminate any...

Building a Car Hacking Development Workbench: Part 3

Welcome back to the car hacking development workbench series. In part two we discussed how to read wiring diagrams. In part three, we are going to expand on the workbench by re-engineering circuits and replicate signals used in your vehicle. If this is your first time stumbling across this write...

SET v7.7 - The Social-Engineer Toolkit “Blackout”

The Social-Engineer Toolkit SET was created and written by the founder of TrustedSec. It is an open-source Python-driven tool aimed at penetration testing around Social-Engineering. SET has been presented at large-scale conferences including Blackhat, DerbyCon, Defcon, and ShmooCon. With over two...

PyREBox, a Python Scriptable Reverse Engineering Sandbox

This post was authored by Xabier Ugarte PedreroIn Talos, we are continuously trying to improve our research and threat intelligence capabilities. As a consequence, we not only leverage standard tools for analysis, but we also focus our efforts on innovation, developing our own technology to...

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-3620 and SEL-3622 Security Gateway Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL SEL-3620 and SEL-3622 Security Gateway are both security gateway products from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL, USA. A security vulnerability exists in the SEL SEL-3620 and SEL-3622 Security Gateway due to a failure to properly enforce access contro...

How to Contact Veeam Support Management

Contacting Support Management Veeam prides itself on our phenomenal Support Team and invests heavily in ensuring that the first person you talk to is a highly qualified specialist with the knowledge to investigate and solve your case. We strive to ensure that we continue to provide this level of...

The Slippery Slope Starts with "Get 2 Free Airline Tickets"

Written by Or Katz and Raviv Perets A widespread phishing scam that offers free airline tickets has been spotted in the wild by Akamai's Enterprise Threat Protector ETP security research team. The campaign uses a number of social engineering techniques to trick people into providing their private...

Patch Tuesday - July 2017

Most of the critical vulnerabilities patched this month concern client-side systems, with 14 separate Remote Code Execution RCE issues being addressed for the Microsoft Edge browser and five for Internet Explorer. One of the three Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities being patched is also a critica...

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access OWA fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive...

Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access OWA fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive...

Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vector...