Russian Web proxy with backdoors, Distributing malware

Antivirus company Symantec has detected a malicious campaign in which hackers managed to deceive thousands of people allegedly signed by a paid proxy service. They expose that hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy service have ended up downloading...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libguac-0.6.3-1.fc16

Guacamole is an HTML5 web application that provides access to desktop environments using remote desktop protocols such as VNC or RDP. A centraliz ed server acts as a tunnel and proxy, allowing access to multiple desktops thr ough a web browser. No plugins are needed: the client requires nothing...

[slackware-security] patch

New patch packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/patch-2.7-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This version of patch ignores destination filenames that are...

[USN-1531-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1531-1 August 10, 2012 linux vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6

Check for the Version of 389-ds-base OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for 389-ds-base CESA-2012:0813 centos6 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 i...

New Morto Strain Emerges With File Infection Capability

A new strain of the Morto worm has added a file infection capability in addition to its existing ability to compromise remote desktop connections, according to new research from Microsoft. Now Morto is infecting files in the default RDP file share, ‘tsclient,’ after it determines which drives it...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-14.0.1-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[USN-1503-1] Rhythmbox vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1503-1 July 11, 2012 rhythmbox vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

389 security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0813 Updated 389-ds-base packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Commo...

RedHat Update for 389-ds-base RHSA-2012:0813-04

Check for the Version of 389-ds-base OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for 389-ds-base RHSA-2012:0813-04 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 und...

389: denial of service when using certificate groups

see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showbug.cgi?id=781519...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated 389-ds-base packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, whi...

RealNetworks RealPlayer dmp4 esds Width Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of RealNetworks RealPlayer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the dmp4...

Facebook Security Team Warns Users About DNSChanger Malware

The security team at the world’s most populace social network over in Palo Alto, Calif., finally addressed the thorny issue of the DNSChanger malware to its users in a blog post on the Facebook Security page yesterday. To the uninitiated, DNSChanger started popping up in security headlines earlie...

[USN-1436-1] Libtasn1 vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1436-1 May 02, 2012 libtasn1-3 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

McAfee Virtual Technician MVT.MVTControl ActiveX Control Insecure Method

Added: 05/04/2012 BID: 53304 Background McAfee Virtual Technician is a free automated diagnosis and and problem resolution tool which scans a Windows system to ensure that McAfee products are installed correctly. Problem McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX control MVT.dll, as provided in McAfee...

Permanent Reverse TCP Backdoor for IPhone and IPad

Security Expert from Coresec explains the use of a Permanent Reverse TCP Backdoor "sbd-1.36" for IPhone and IPad developed by Michel Blomgren. sbd is a Netcat-clone, designed to be portable and offer strong encryption. It runs on Unix-like operating systems and on Microsoft Win32. sbd features...

KMPlayer 3.2.0.19 DLL Hijack

Exploit Title: KMPlayer 3.2.0.19 hijacking vulnerability ehtrace.dll Author: nimaarek Software Link: http://kmplayer.en.softonic.com Version: 3.2.0.19 Tested on: Windows 7 . || | | / | |/ \ \ \ \ / | |/ / | | \ | Y Y / / | | /\ /| | \ / / / / / / /...

Debian DSA-2452-1 : apache2 - insecure default configuration

Niels Heinen noticed a security issue with the default Apache configuration on Debian if certain scripting modules like modphp or modrivet are installed. The problem arises because the directory /usr/share/doc, which is mapped to the URL /doc, may contain example scripts that can be executed by...

Poison Ivy Variant Changes Benign Code to Malicious After Download

Trojan downloaders are the cannon fodder of the malware world: expendable, commoditized foot soldiers with a single function. Once their job is complete–downloading the executable or other malicious component–the downloaders are no longer useful. However, researchers have found that there are now...