MyAgent Trojan Targets Defense and Aerospace Industries

FireEye Security experts are analyzing a targeted trojan that leverages emailed PDF files to gain access to systems and deliver its payload to specified networks in the aerospace, chemical, defense and tech industries. "We have seen different versions of this malware arriving as an exe inside a...

Cyber Security Alliance Launches Trend Spotting Project

A new international cyber security alliance announced plans to put the Continents best heads together to try to envision future cyber security trends. The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance ICSPA, a British organization that helps support law enforcement cyber crime units, announced...

Twitter Transparency Report Shows Huge Interest From U.S. Law Enforcement

Privacy advocates and security experts often warn users about the consequences of handing over so much of their personal data to Web sites or social networks, saying that they never know how it’s going to be used or sold. But it’s rare that users ever see examples of that in action. Twitter is...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: openjpeg-1.4-13.fc17

OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C. It has been developed in order to promote the use of JPEG 2000, the new still-image compression standard from the Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG...

Fedora Update for openjpeg FEDORA-2012-9628

Check for the Version of openjpeg OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for openjpeg FEDORA-2012-9628 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Moving to the Cloud: Considerations for Implementing Cloud Migration Plans

Over 60 executive level attendees came to the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado for the National Council of Higer Education Loan Programs NCHELP Spring convention and to hear from a panel of cloud experts on how the migration to cloud IT services could impact their business in the...

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...

Survey Finds Secure Sites Not So Secure

A new project that was setup to monitor the quality and strength of the SSL implementations on top sites across the Internet found that 75 percent of them are vulnerable to the BEAST SSL attack and that just 10 percent of the sites surveyed should be considered secure. The SSL Pulse project, set ...

Global Payments Inc. Acknowledges Breach

Following previous announcements from Visa and Mastercard, electronic credit card processor Global Payments Inc. acknowledged late Friday that its system was breached earlier this year. Global Payments announced via press release that a portion of its processing system had been compromised in ear...

Why Hackers Can't take down DNS root servers ?

Why Hackers Can't take down DNS root servers ? Interpol Chief Ronald Noble on Friday warned that a group of hackers might try to shut down internet service tomorrow. The hacking group, Anonymous, is protesting against several reasons including the crash of Wall Street and irresponsible leaders...

Kelihos Botnet with 110,000 PCs take down finally

Kelihos Botnet with 110,000 PCs take down finally Botnets are particularly insidious, using thousands of virus-infected computers which their owners are unaware are being used for sending out spam, launching denial-of-service attacks and stealing data.But taking down a botnet poses challenges. Th...

Oxford University launches Cyber Security Centre

Oxford University launches Cyber Security Centre Cyber crime is not going away. As the world becomes ever more interconnected and dependent on networks, laptops and personal handheld devices, the opportunities are just too great. The personal information stored on such devices credit card...

ISPs Signal Support For Anti-Bot Code Of Conduct

The U.S.’s leading Internet Service Providers signed on to a new Federal Communications Commission code of conduct to limit the impact of major cyber security threats including botnets, attacks on the Domain Name System DNS and Internet routing attacks. AT&T, CenturyLink, Comcast, Cox, Sprint, Ti...

Yet Another Google Chrome Sandbox Critical Exploit by Turkish security experts

Yet Another Google Chrome Sandbox Critical Exploit by Turkish security experts Turkish security experts from Arf Iskenderun Technologies, finds the new vulnerability open in Google Chrome 17.0.963.78 , same risk working on new update 17.0.963.79 and bypass Chrome SandBox. Last week, Vupen Securit...

PyPAM Python bindings for PAM - Double-Free Corruption

PyPAM Python bindings for PAM - Double-Free Corruption === LSE Leading Security Experts - Security Advisory 2012-03-01 === PyPAM -- Python bindings for PAM - Double Free Corruption --------------------------------------------------------- Affected Versions ================= PyPAM = 0.4.2 Red Hat...

Despite Intrusions, Chances Of U.S.-China Cyber War Are Small

SAN FRANCISCO – A panel of security and policy experts said that, despite dire warnings about the information warfare capabilities of China and other developing nations, the risk of an all-out cyber war is remote, and that the U.S. still holds many of the cards. Despite widespread portrayals of...

Abbott Web Experts SQL Injection

Exploit Title : abbottwebexperts Sql Injection Vulnerabilitiy Author : IrIsT.Ir Discovered By : Am!r Home : http://IrIsT.Ir Software Link : http://abbottwebexperts.com/ Security Risk : High Version : All Version Tested on : GNU/Linux Ubuntu - Windows Server - win7 Dork : "Powered by Abbott Web...

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Google

Cross Site Scripting XSS Vulnerability in Google Ucha Gobejishvili Hacker with codename "longrifle0x" discovered another Cross Site Scripting XSS Vulnerability in Google's Website. He already reported about the Vulnerability to Google Security Experts. Proof of Concept: Open and Click Find Domain...

Data Breach Affects Two Million NY Customers, State Commission to Investigate

The New York State Public Service Commission announced yesterday they’ll be looking into a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of almost two million customers to unknown attackers. An employee from a software consulting firm contracted by New York State Electric & Gas NYSEG...

Coalfire in the News

Its been quite a season in the world of IT security as we move into 2012. As experts in our field, we are often asked to comment on current trends and recent stories. Take some time to check out what we have had to say recently:...