Buffer overflow

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: Console. Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise...

CVE-2018-3088

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization subcomponent: Core. The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to...

Code injection

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products subcomponent: Workflow. Supported versions that are affected are 8.55 and 8.56. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft...

CVE-2018-2899

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking component of Oracle Financial Services Applications subcomponent: Infrastructure. Supported versions that are affected are 11.3.0, 11.4.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, 12.1.0, 12.2.0, 12.3.0, 12.4.0, 14.0.0 and 14.1.0. Easily exploitable...

CVE-2018-3090

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization subcomponent: Core. The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to...

CVE-2018-2986

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products subcomponent: Workflow. Supported versions that are affected are 8.55 and 8.56. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft...

CVE-2018-3096

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: Outside In Filters. The supported version that is affected is 8.5.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In...

CVE-2018-3097

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: Outside In Filters. The supported version that is affected is 8.5.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In...

CVE-2018-3068

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Human Resources component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products subcomponent: Compensation. The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft...

CVE-2018-2949

Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools component of Oracle JD Edwards Products subcomponent: Web Runtime. The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise JD Edwards EnterpriseOn...

CVE-2018-3009

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: Outside In Filters. The supported version that is affected is 8.5.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Outside In...

CVE-2018-3087

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization subcomponent: Core. The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to...

CVE-2018-3089

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization subcomponent: Core. The supported version that is affected is Prior to 5.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to...

Conservation of Threat

Here's some interesting research about how we perceive threats. Basically, as the environment becomes safer we basically manufacture new threats. From an essay about the research: To study how concepts change when they become less common, we brought volunteers into our laboratory and gave them a...

The Effects of Iran's Telegram Ban

The Center for Human Rights in Iran has released a report outlining the effect's of that country's ban on Telegram, a secure messaging app used by about half of the country. The ban will disrupt the most important, uncensored platform for information and communication in Iran, one that is used...

SamSam ransomware: controlled distribution for an elusive malware

SamSam ransomware has been involved in some high profile attacks recently, and remains a somewhat elusive malware. In its time being active, SamSam has gone through a slight evolution, adding more features and alterations into the mix. These changes do not necessarily make the ransomware more...

OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization (AWT, 8190289)

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: AWT. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u171, 7u161, 8u152 and 9.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u151. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple...

Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole

Last month's story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support...

Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2018)

I'm at Carnegie Mellon University, at the eleventh Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. SHB is a small invitational gathering of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself. The 50 or so people in the roo...

James Comey: FBI Faces Deep Tech-Related Questions

LAS VEGAS – The American law enforcement system is facing a crisis of identity in the face of technology advancement, with cloud migration and automated systems, data privacy and encryption all remaining central issues for the FBI as it considers its mandate and role in the modern digital age...