13 New Flaws in Siemens Nucleus TCP/IP Stack Impact Safety-Critical Equipment

As many as 13 security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Nucleus TCP/IP stack, a software library now maintained by Siemens and used in three billion operational technology and IoT devices that could allow for remote code execution, denial-of-service DoS, and information leak...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in ASRock Terminal Security Management System

ASRock Terminal Security Management System is an integrated terminal security product solution for governmental and enterprise organizations. The product integrates anti-virus, terminal security control, terminal access, terminal audit, peripheral control, EDR and other functions, and is compatib...

AppTrana Offers Protection to Online Businesses During Coronavirus Outbreak

These are unprecedented times, and everyone is going through a testing period, with more than 3 billion people locked down all over the world. Businesses are scrambling to stay afloat and are forced to move digital in a very short span of time without much preparation. As these businesses move...

New DNS Hijacking Attacks

DNS hijacking isn't new, but this seems to be an attack of unprecedented scale: Researchers at Cisco's Talos security division on Wednesday revealed that a hacker group it's calling Sea Turtle carried out a broad campaign of espionage via DNS hijacking, hitting 40 different organizations. In the...

Cybersecurity Skills Gap: “There’s No Silver Bullet to Solving the Problem” & Other Takeaways From the Toronto Global Forum

Last week, I ventured up to the beautiful city of Toronto — and while I’d love to go back for pleasure, this trip was strictly business. The Toronto Global Forum is an international conference that brings together heads of states, central bank governors, ministers and global economic decision...

New AI system DARKMENTION will detect upcoming cyberattacks from dark web

By Waqas Cybersecurity is one of the primary concerns of internet users nowadays, which includes commercial and governmental organizations as well. Recent, large-scale data breaches at Gmail, Equifax, Facebook, Google+ Cathay Pacific Airways, and Yahoo, etc., have made it clear that the bigger th...

MuddyWater expands operations

Summary MuddyWater is a relatively new APT that surfaced in 2017. It has focused mainly on governmental targets in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to past telemetry. However, the group behind MuddyWater has been known to target other countries in the Middle East, Europe and the US. We recently...

OilRig Sends an OopsIE to Mideast Government Targets

The OilRig group is back, using a reboot of the OopsIE trojan to pump information from its favorite resource: entities in the Middle East region. OilRig, which is also called Cobalt Gypsy, Crambus, Helix Kitten or PT34, is suspected of having ties to Iran. The group was identified in 2015 and is...

Spring Dragon – Updated Activity

Spring Dragon is a long running APT actor that operates on a massive scale. The group has been running campaigns, mostly in countries and territories around the South China Sea, since as early as 2012. The main targets of Spring Dragon attacks are high profile governmental organizations and...

Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent in the column: a“watering hole attack”using JSONP hijacking tracking user-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Can you imagine if an authoritarian state to get a way to obtain user privacy information of the tool, and this tool can obtain the user in a specific site on the real name, email address, gender, birthday and phone number, etc., that would be what kind of scene? You can also imagine that an...

Boeing launches Ultra-Secure 'Black' Smartphone that has Self-Destruct Feature

Looking for a Secure Smartphone? World's biggest Aerospace company - Boeing is finally close to the launch of its high-security Android Smartphone, called "Boeing Black H8V-BLK1", primarily designed for secure communication between Governmental agencies and their contractors. Encrypted email,...

Chinese APT Espionage campaign, dubbed 'Icefog' targeted Military contractors and Governments

Kaspersky Lab has identified another Chinese APT campaign, dubbed 'Icefog', who targeted Governmental institutions, Military contractors, maritime / shipbuilding groups, telecom operators, industrial and high technology companies and mass media. The Hacking group behind the attack who carry out...

Attackers Exploit Java, Compromise Reporters Without Borders Site

The Java saga continued when unknown, and apparently well concealed goons exploited recent Java and Internet Explorer zero-days to compromise the website of the French-based, free-press advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders. The attack, which attempted to take advantage of the time-gulf that...

Iran Defense Forum users logins compromised and Leaked

Iran Defense Forum users logins compromised and Leaked Hacker with name "Le0n B3lm0nt" claimed to hack into the Iran Defense Forum website irandefence.net and leak user details of all 3,212 members including their usernames, Emails and Passwords. Iran Defense Forum is an independent forum that is...

Report: UK Firm Offered Custom Malware to Egyptian Security Services

Documents spilled into public by the political unrest in Egypt in recent months has shone a spotlight on the shadowy world of for-profit, custom malware creation for governments around the world. The anti malware firm F-Secure first called attention to documents uncovered by protesting Egyptians...

Canada Aims to Strengthen Cyber Defense with $90 Million Security Plan

Canada released its Cybersecurity Strategy this month, emphasizing the immense challenge of protecting government and corporate computer systems. “There is no simple way to detect, identify, and recover from attackers who cannot be seen or heard, who leave no physical evidence behind them, and wh...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "CIframeElement" Object Use-after-free Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2558)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer "CIframeElement" Object Use-after-free Vulnerability CVE-2010-2558 http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included as part of the...

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader "newfunction" Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2168)

VUPEN Security Research - Adobe Acrobat and Reader "newfunction" Memory Corruption Vulnerability CVE-2010-2168 http://www.vupen.com/english/research.php I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Adobe Acrobat and Reader are the global standards for electronic document sharing. They are used to create,...

DorsaCms (ShowPage.aspx) Remote SQL Injection Vulnerability

No description provided by source. --------------------------------------------------------- Portal Name: Dorsa CMS Vendor : http://www.dorsacms.com Description : A CMS written by iranian programmers which uses by governmental websites. Vulnerable File : ShowPage.aspx Dork: Powered by DorsaCms...

DorsaCMS - ShowPage.aspx SQL Injection

DorsaCMS - ShowPage.aspx SQL Injection --------------------------------------------------------- Portal Name: Dorsa CMS Vendor : http://www.dorsacms.com Description : A CMS written by iranian programmers which uses by governmental websites. Vulnerable File : ShowPage.aspx Dork: Powered by DorsaCm...