IC3 Warns of Cyber Attacks Focused on Law Enforcement and Public Officials

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert warning that law enforcement personnel and public officials may be at an increased risk of cyber attacks. Doxing—the act of gathering and publishing individuals’ personal information without permission—has been observed. Hacking...

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Microsoft Releases April 2015 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released eleven updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege, denial of service, remote code execution, information disclosure, or security feature bypass. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

WP Super Cache Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

WP Super Cache, a WordPress plugin, contains a persistent XSS vulnerability in versions prior to 1.4.4. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of the affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the WP Super Cache Changelog for more...

IC3 Releases Alert on Web Site Defacements

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert addressing recently perpetrated Web site defacements. The defacements advertise themselves as associated with the Islamic State in the Levant ISIL a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams ISIS. However, FBI assesses that the perpetrator...

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Firefox

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 37.0.1 to address two vulnerabilities, one of which may allow a remote attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the security advisories for Firefox and apply the necessary updates. This product is...

Students Built Open Source Web-Based Threat Modeling Tool

Threat models help application developers answer some fundamental questions about potential risks and how to cut off vulnerabilities before they’re put into production. Some software development lifecycles, however, don’t include threat modeling as part of the code-building process because they’v...

Google Releases Security Update for Chrome

Google has released Chrome 41.0.2272.118 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome blog...

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Drupal has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities, one of which could allow a remote attacker to gain access to a system account. Available updates include: Drupal core 6.35 for 6.x users Drupal core 7.35 for 7.x users US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Drupal's...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Player. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-05 and apply the...

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Google Releases Security Update for Chrome OS

Google has released Chrome OS 40.0.2214.114 for Chrome devices to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Google Chrome blog entry and app...

Microsoft Releases February 2015 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2015. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, security feature bypass, elevation of privilege, or disclosure of information. US-CERT...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome 40.0.2214.111 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome blog entry a...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Player, one of which could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-04 and apply the necessary updates. This...

Linux "Ghost" Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Linux GNU C Library glibc versions 2.2 and other 2.x versions before 2.18 are vulnerable to remote code execution via a vulnerability in the gethostbyname function. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT recommends users a...

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Google has released Chrome 40.0.2214.91 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or obtain personal information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review t...

FBI Releases "Ransomware on the Rise"

The FBI has released an article addressing ransomware campaigns that use intimidating messages claiming to be from the FBI or other government agencies. Scam operators use ransomware – a type of malicious software – to infect a computer and restrict access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock i...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Flash Player, which could potentially allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-02 and apply the necessary updates. This product ...

Ubuntu Releases Security Updates

Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, and 14.10. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. Users and administrators are encouraged to revi...