Some Versions of Ruby on Rails Could Expose Cookies

Versions 2.0 to 4.0 of the popular open source Web framework Ruby on Rails are vulnerable to a Web security issue involving cookies that could make it much easier for someone to log in to an app as another user. According to security researcher G.S. McNamara, Ruby on Rails’ defacto session storin...

Experts Worry About Long-Term Implications of NSA Revelations

With all of the disturbing revelations that have come to light in the last few weeks regarding the NSA’s collection methods and its efforts to weaken cryptographic protocols and security products, experts say that perhaps the most worrisome result of all of this is that no one knows who or what...

Having fun with

Did you know that this works in every browser? Look, here's one: An image You might think it's leaking from SVG, but SVG images don't use src, they use xlink:href. Let's all take a moment to laugh at xlink. Done? Ok… In the first age of the web, some people accidentally typed instead of . Browser...

[Topera] The IPv6 port scanner invisible to Snort (IDS)

Topera is a brand new TCP port scanner under IPv6 , with the particularity that these scans are not detected by Snort. Snort is the most known IDS/IPS and is widely used in many different critical environments. Some commercial tools Juniper or Checkpoint ones use it as detection engine also...

Google to Pay $7M Settlement Over Street View Data Collection

Google has agreed to pay a $7 million settlement to several dozen U.S. states as part of an agreement of charges that the company was collecting private user data from WiFi hotspots while its Street View cars were driving around taking photos in various locations. The controversy over Google’s...

SuSE Update for update openSUSE-SU-2012:1620-1 (update)

Check for the Version of update OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201216201.nasl 8456 2018-01-18 06:58:40Z teissa $ SuSE Update for update openSUSE-SU-2012:1620-1 update Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program ...

Hackers abusing online Nmap Port Scanning service

Most of you knows the power of Nmap, When used properly, Nmap helps protect your network from invaders. One of the best tool for hackers, penetration testers and Security researchers. Officially Nmap a desktop tool, can be used as web version but should be under some limitations. When someone doe...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Mouse Tracking

Summary: Unprivileged attackers can track your system-wide mouse movements from any IE page, even when the page is unfocused or minimised. Package: Microsoft Internet Explorer Affected: Tested on versions 6–10 Introduction ----------------- A security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, versions...

Scientific Linux Security Update : rpm on SL4.x i386/x86_64

It was discovered that RPM did not remove setuid and setgid bits set on binaries when upgrading or removing packages. A local attacker able to create hard links to binaries could use this flaw to keep those binaries on the system, at a specific version level and with the setuid or setgid bit set,...

Fedora 16 : boost-1.47.0-7.fc16 (2012-9029)

This update fixes a bug in Boost.Pool, which could under certain circumstances overflow allocated chunk size. This could have security implications for applications that use Boost pool without sanitizing pool parameters. - Add a sub-package boost-math with math-related bits from Boost.TR1. This...

Fedora 17 : boost-1.48.0-13.fc17 (2012-9818)

This update fixes a bug in Boost.Pool, which could under certain circumstances overflow allocated chunk size. This could have security implications for applications that use Boost pool without sanitizing pool parameters. - Boost.Locale library now contains backend code, which was left out before...

Common Firewall Feature Enables TCP Hijacking Attacks

Attackers using a feature that is common to many firewalls, switches and other networking gear could silently hijack Web sessions on mobile and desktop devices, according to a research paper presented by two Ph.D students from the University of Michigan. The two discovered that so-called TCP...

Hacktivism - The Hacker News Magazine - May 2012 Issue

Welcome cyber space readers and internet junkies from around the world. May brings us into an in-depth look at our favorite topic: Hacktivism Our fearless leader, Mohit Kumar, founder of The Hacker News opens the discussion with a look at the meaning of Hackitivism and what it means for society...

Critics Continue Pushing for Bigger Probe into Google Street View Practices

Privacy advocates continue urging for a wider federal investigation into Google Street View practices following Google’s $25,000 fine for stonewalling federal officials during an earlier probe of Wi-Fi snooping allegations. The Federal Communications Commission late last week gave the Internet...

Generation Y Won't Listen To IT

The latest generation of desk-jockey’s admitted in a recent CISCO study that they frequently ignore and/or circumvent the information technology IT policies of their employers, heightening corporate risk. The CISCO Connected World Technology Report surveyed some 2,800 college students and young...

JasPer memory corruption vulnerabilities

Overview Some versions of JasPer contain multiple vulnerabilities that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. Description JasPer fails to properly decode marker segments and other sections in malformed JPEG2000 files. Malformed inputs can cause heap buffer overflo...

Seeking Crowd Engagement, Startup Stumbles On New Tool For Crowd Control

When CrowdOptic, a Silicon Valley, venture funded startup, developed a cool application that could stream real-time, context-aware information streams to mobile devices, the applications seemed straight-forward and lucrative enough: a blend of advertising and broadcasting that sports franchises a...

Restrictions

The iPhone, like the many smartphones that have debuted in its wake, includes a variety of powerful applications and features. Many of these functions and apps, including the camera, the Safari browser, FaceTime and others, can have privacy and security implications, depending upon how they’re us...

Experts Converge at RFIDsec to Discuss NFC Security Implications

RFID security problems have been biting at the ankles of users and companies that deploy the technology for several years now, but they’ve been mostly on the fringes of mainstream security concerns. But now, as the technology becomes more widespread and pervasive, that is beginning to change...

Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts on the MacDefender Malware and Google Wallet

Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts discuss the re-emergence of the MacDefender malware, Apple’s decision to push out an OS X update to protect against and the release of Google Wallet and the security implications of the system. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground...