Red October Attackers Shutting Down C&C Infrastructure

It appears that the attackers behind the Red October cyberespionage campaign are taking their ball and going home. Since the attack came to light on Monday, the attackers have begun shutting down their infrastructure and the hosting providers and registrars involved with some of the...

Researchers Deconstruct Pobelka Botnet

How many inconspicuous botnets are alive and siphoning banking credentials and real money from online accounts that get little to no attention? They feast on unwitting consumers using an array of available banking Trojans to steal legitimate log-in information and sell it to the highest bidder,...

Event ID 10378 in the Operations Manager Event Log on Collector

Challenge Operations Manager Event Log on the Collector server contains the following warning: ID 10378 Module was unable to convert WMI setting .\timestamp Event IDs 1103 and 4506 may also be observed. Cause The root cause is currently investigated by Microsoft. This article will be updated afte...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Siebel CRM component in Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1.1 and 8.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Siebel Core - Server Infrastructure...

CVE-2012-3168

CVE-2012-3168 affects Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1.1 and 8.2.2, specifically the Siebel Core - Server Infrastructure (with related components under Siebel CRM). The Nessus entry indicates an easily exploitable vulnerability allowing unauthenticated network attacks via HTTP that can result in a partial d...

CVE-2012-3168

Unspecified vulnerability in the Siebel CRM component in Oracle Siebel CRM 8.1.1 and 8.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Siebel Core - Server Infrastructure...

Malware Infects Two Power Plants Lacking Basic Security Controls

During the past three months, unnamed malware infected two power plants’ control systems using unprotected USB drives as an attack vector. At both companies, a lack of basic security controls made it much easier for the malicious code to reach critical networks. In one instance, according to a...

Shodan Search Engine Project Enumerates Internet-Facing Critical Infrastructure Devices

Never underestimate what you can do with a healthy list of advanced operator search terms and a beer budget. That’s mostly what comprises the arsenal of two critical infrastructure protection specialists who have spent close to nine months trying to paint a picture of the number of Internet-facin...

Israel preparing Cyber Iron Dome Shield

Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of cyberwarfare. The program named "Magshimim Le'umit", is to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community. Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the country's...

Israel preparing Cyber Iron Dome Shield

Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of cyberwarfare. The program named "Magshimim Le'umit", is to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community. Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the country's...

Fedora Update for pki-core FEDORA-2012-20243

Check for the Version of pki-core OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for pki-core FEDORA-2012-20243 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

National Strategy Could Nudge Security Information Sharing Forward

In the early days of the Obama administration, the president declared cyberspace a critical asset. Since then, little more than lip service has been paid on a policy level to the security of the country’s critical infrastructure, despite increasing public awareness of the problem and high-profile...

Cisco VoIP Hacker Urges Closer Look at Firmware Security Vulnerabilities

Ang Cui’s “Funtenna” is just the latest eye-opener into the security of embedded networked devices such as printers, VoIP phones, routers and other core, connected infrastructure. The Columbia University PhD candidate’s recent hack of a Cisco-branded VoIP phone demonstrates the risk posed by...

Fedora Update for pki-core FEDORA-2012-20220

Check for the Version of pki-core OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for pki-core FEDORA-2012-20220 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Hunting vulnerabilities in SCADA systems, we are still too vulnerable to cyber attacks

Stuxnet case is considered by security expert the first concrete act of cyber warfare, a malware specifically designed to hit SCADA systems inside nuclear plants in Iran. The event has alerted the international security community on the risks related to the effects of a cyber attack against...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: pki-core-9.0.25-1.fc17

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[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: zabbix-2.0.3-7.fc18

Zabbix is software that monitors numerous parameters of a network and the health and integrity of servers. Zabbix uses a flexible notification mechan ism that allows users to configure e-mail based alerts for virtually any event. This allows a fast reaction to server problems. Zabbix offers...

Pentagon Deploying DARPA to Wage War on Backdoors

The speculation is rampant that certain manufacturers are installing backdoors in their own products or that foreign and criminal elements are exploiting weaknesses in the supply chain to compromise IT and networking equipment somewhere between vendors and their customers. The Pentagon is trying ...

Spear Phishing Remains Preferred Point of Entry in Targeted, Persistent Attacks

Persistent targeted attacks against the government, financial services, manufacturing and critical infrastructure take on many characteristics. Attackers can have different backgrounds and motivations, and the tools they use can range from commodity malware to zero-day exploits. One characteristi...

Flame Malware against French Government

The news is sensational, according the French magazine L'Express the offices of France's former president Sarkozy were victim of a cyber attack, but what is even more remarkable is that for the offensive was used the famous malware Flame. On the origin of the malware still persist a mystery, many...