Honeynet Project Launches 'Ghost' To Snare USB Malware

The Honeynet Project launched a new project Thursday that is designed to snare malware that spreads by infecting removable USB universal serial bus storage drives, citing the increased reliance of malicious programs on portable drives to move from computer to computer. The ghost-usb-honeypot uses...

bind: deleted domain name resolving flaw

The resolver in ISC BIND 9 through 9.8.1-P1 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...

bind: deleted domain name resolving flaw

The resolver in ISC BIND 9 through 9.8.1-P1 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...

DNSChanger Lingers: 330k Systems Still Infected, 77,000 In The U.S.

The FBI said that there are still more than 330,000 computers believed to be infected with the DNSChanger malware, with just weeks to go before a court order to cut off their ability to communicate with the rest of the Internet. Fully 77,000 are located in the U.S., according to data provided to...

DNSChanger – Cleaning Up 4 Million Infected Hosts

By Kurt Baumgartner The FBI’s “Operation Ghost Click” announcement in Nov 2011, involving the Rove Digital botnet delayed cleanup efforts that we previously discussed, continues to haunt both the internet networks and the mass media. A Forbes article and a Times article yesterday brought the...

DNSChanger Malware

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to ensure their systems are not infected with the DNSChanger malware by utilizing tools and resources available at the DNS Changer Working Group DCWG website. Computers testing positive for infection of DNSChanger malware will need to be cleaned of the...

CVE-2012-1570

The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain name...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1570

The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain name...

Code injection

The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain name...

CVE-2012-1570

The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain name...

CVE-2012-1570

The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain name...

CVE-2012-1570

CVE-2012-1570 affects MaraDNS, where the resolver prior to 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x prior to 1.4.12 overwrites cached NS records’ names and TTLs while handling an A-record response. This enables a ghost-domain names attack, causing continued resolution of revoked domains. Affected versions: MaraDNS &...

US Judge Postpones Death Sentence For Ghost Click Machines

A Federal Judge acceded to a request from the U.S. Attorney’s Office to extend the operation of Domain Name System servers that are the last lifeline to the Internet for hundreds of thousands of machines infected by the DNSChanger malware, following a bust of the group controlling the infected...

Code injection

The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor aka pdnsrecursor 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...

CVE-2012-1192

The resolver in Unbound before 1.4.11 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...

CVE-2012-1194

The resolver in the DNS Server service in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 before R2 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a...

CVE-2012-1193

The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor aka pdnsrecursor 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1191

The resolver in dnscache in Daniel J. Bernstein djbdns 1.05 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names"...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1191

The resolver in dnscache in Daniel J. Bernstein djbdns 1.05 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names"...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1193

The resolver in PowerDNS Recursor aka pdnsrecursor 3.3 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack...