Potential backdoors discovered in US-based components used by French Satellites

United Arab Emirates UAE may terminate a $930 Million USD contract with France based companies for the supply of two two military Imaging satellites due to the discovery of several US produced components in them. Now the deal is in danger because the UAE claims it has discovered backdoors in the...

Bruce Schneier Joins Startup Co3 Systems

UPDATE—Bruce Schneier, the famed cryptographer and author who recently left his longtime post at BT, has taken a new position as CTO of Co3 Systems, a startup that provides incident response systems. Schneier, a central figure in the security industry for more than two decades, said he is excited...

2013: The Security Year in Review

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the year that was in the security industry, including the last six months of NSA drama, the Microsoft bug bounty program, exploit sales and attacks against major banks...

Use of 3DES to Encrypt Stolen Target PIN Data Invites Worry

Target Corp.’s admission that encrypted PIN data was stolen in the Black Friday breach was bad news for consumers. For security experts, especially cryptographers, particular exception was taken to the retail giant’s use of Triple DES 3DES encryption to keep the PIN data safe. With all crypto...

Growing market of zero-day vulnerability exploits pose real threat to Cyber Security

NSS Labs issued the report titled "The Known Unknowns" to explain the dynamics behind the market of zero-day exploits. Last week I discussed about the necessity to define a model for "cyber conflict" to qualify the principal issues related to the use of cyber tools and cyber weapons in an...

Grand Theft Auto Panda APT Espionage Attack Platform

Researchers have discovered a mature attack platform that’s enjoyed great success eluding detection and made good use of an exploit present in a number of espionage campaigns. The attacks have concentrated largely on the automotive industry, hitting large companies primarily in Asia and only afte...

NIST Publishes Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

Following an Executive Order issued by U.S. President Barack Obama in February of this year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST yesterday made public a provisional copy of the government’s cybersecurity framework and says it will accept public comment on the draft for the nex...

2013 PCI SSC North America Meeting – Wrap-Up

Coalfire sent the entire team to the meeting in Las Vegas and everyone reported a positive and engaging experience. We hosted our annual dinner where we caught up with clients and friends - a good time was had by all. The most valuable technical information was presented during the Assessors Only...

HTTPS, SSL Minimal Security, Privacy Standard for Email

Yahoo is being second-guessed more today than a mediocre baseball manager. Two days after announcing it would finally turn SSL on by default for its email users starting in January, the company is getting a halfhearted pat on the back from the security industry, which can’t help but ask: “What to...

CVE-2013-5856

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP1a-b, 5.5 SP0, 5.5 SP0b, 5.5.1, and 6.0.0 allows remote authenticated user...

CVE-2013-5857

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, and 5.0 SP1a-b allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP1a-b, 5.5 SP0, 5.5 SP0b, 5.5.1, and 6.0.0 allows remote authenticated user...

CVE-2013-5856

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP1a-b, 5.5 SP0, 5.5 SP0b, 5.5.1, and 6.0.0 allows remote authenticated user...

CVE-2013-5857

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, and 5.0 SP1a-b allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and...

CVE-2013-5856

CVE-2013-5856 affects the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component of Oracle Industry Applications (versions 4.5 SP3 through 6.0.0, including several SPs). The issue is described as an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity via Web-...

CVE-2013-5837

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP1a-b, 5.0.3, and 5.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown...

CVE-2013-5811

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, and 5.0 SP1a-b allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, 5.0 SP1a-b, 5.0.3, and 5.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, and 5.0 SP1a-b allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via...

CVE-2013-5811

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Health Sciences InForm component in Oracle Industry Applications 4.5 SP3, 4.5 SP3a-k, 4.6 SP0, 4.6 SP0a-c, 4.6 SP1, 4.6 SP1a-c, 4.6 SP2, 4.6 SP2a-c, 5.0 SP0, 5.0 SP0a, 5.0 SP1, and 5.0 SP1a-b allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via...