Session fixation

The Meeting Server in IBM Sametime 8.x through 8.5.2.1 and 9.x through 9.0.0.1 does not set the secure flag for an unspecified cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session...

NSA Reportedly Intercepts US-made Internet Routers to Install Spyware

The US Intelligence Agency, NSA has been reportedly intercepting and accessing routers, servers, and other computer networking hardware to plant data gathering “backdoors” and other spywares before they are exported and delivered to the international customers, reported by the Guardian. Yesterday...

Google DNS Intercepted in Turkey

Internet service providers in Turkey have been intercepting traffic to Google’s DNS servers and redirecting it, shutting off a workaround that Turkish users had employed to get to sites such as Twitter and YouTube after the government had blocked them. Google software engineers said they had...

Snoopy Drone Can Hack Your Smartphones

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles UAVS called Drones is rapidly transforming the way we go to war. Drones were once used for land surveillance, Delivering Pizza's, then equipped with bombs that changed the way nations conduct war and now these hovering drones are ready to hack your Smartphones...

Hacking Team sold Spyware to 21 Countries; Targeting Journalists and Human Right Activists

Spying on the world by injecting sophisticated backdoors in software, systems, and mobile phones, leads to violation of the Privacy and Security of every individual. Yes, we are talking about Surveillance, but this time not about NSA. Instead, Countries including some with poor human-rights recor...

[Vega v1.0 Build 108] Web Security Scanner

Vega is a free and open source scanner and testing platform to test the security of web applications. Vega can help you find and validate SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting XSS, inadvertently disclosed sensitive information, and other vulnerabilities. It is written in Java, GUI based, and runs o...

[OWASP Zed Attack Proxy 2.2.1] Tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications (Now supports CWE)

OWASP Zed Attack Proxy ZAP An easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications. It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing...

Cisco Unified Computing System Software KVM Client Certificate Validation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System software KVM client could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. The vulnerability is due to improper certificate validation by the KVM client. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting ...

Hackers turn Verizon signal booster into a mobile hacking machine

A group of hackers from security firm iSEC found a way to tap right into verizon wireless cell phones using a signal-boosting devices made by Samsung for Verizon and cost about $250. They hack Verizon's signal-boosting devices, known as femtocells or network extenders, which anyone can buy online...

New Android malware forwards incoming messages to hacker

A new type of Android malware that can intercept text messages and forwarding to hackers is discovered by the Russian firm Doctor Web. This is a very serious threat to users, because using this malware attackers can easily get two factor authentication code of your Email or bank accounts. The...

New Android malware forwards incoming messages to hacker

A new type of Android malware that can intercept text messages and forwarding to hackers is discovered by the Russian firm Doctor Web. This is a very serious threat to users, because using this malware attackers can easily get two factor authentication code of your Email or bank accounts. The...

[Vega v1.0] Web Application Security Scanner

Vega is an open source platform to test the security of web applications. Vega can help you find and validate SQL Injections, Cross-Site Scripting XSS, inadvertently disclosed sensitive information, and other vulnerabilities. It is written in Java, GUI based, and runs on Linux , OS X , and Window...

Intercepting Traffic of widerange frequencies with HackRF Radio

At the ToorCon hacker conference in San Diego Saturday, Ossmann and his research partner Jared Boone plan to unveil a beta version of the HackRF Jawbreaker, the latest model of the wireless Swiss-army knife tools known as software-defined radios. It grants any computer programmer the ability to...

Microsoft Warns Users About ChapCrack Tool Availability

Microsoft is warning customers about the availability of the ChapCrack tool that Moxie Marlinspike built to crack the VPN credentials for systems built on MS-CHAPv2 protocol. The company said that while it’s not aware of any active attacks using the tool, customers can protect themselves by...

WordPress Resume Submissions / Job Postings 2.5.1 Shell Upload

Exploit Title: WordPress Resume Submissions & Job Postings v2.5.1 Unrestricted File Upload Date: 7/9/12 Exploit Author: Chris Kellum Vendor Homepage: http://www.geerservices.com/ Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/resume-submissions-job-postings.2.5.1.zip Version: 2.5.1...

SASHA v0.2.0 Mutiple XSS

Exploit Title: SASHA v0.2.0 Mutiple XSS Date: 12/16/11 Author: G13 Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sasha/files/ Version: 0.2.0 Category: webapps php Vulnerability When adding a new course to the schedule, the application relies on Client Side controls for input. This can easily be...

SASHA 0.2.0 Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: SASHA v0.2.0 Mutiple XSS Date: 12/16/11 Author: G13 Software Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sasha/files/ Version: 0.2.0 Category: webapps php Vulnerability When adding a new course to the schedule, the application relies on Client Side controls for input. This can easily be...

Mobile Madness

Admit it. It would scarcely break your heart if the legions of slack-jawed smartphone Facebook and FourSquare gawkers were forced to confront their own digital mortality – however briefly – with a few scary exploits made just for them. In 2011, the untethered among us saw several mobile security...

Meta: IDOR in Facebook Messages webcam photos

I found that photos people take with their webcam within private message conversations can be accessed without proper authorization via a photo preview mechanism. Even when the sender decides to discard the image after seeing the preview, it can later still be retrieved through this same preview...

Unsecured Calls, 5.0

New with iOS 5, the “unsecured call” call warning seems like a direct response to presentations like “Practical Cellphone Spying” at DEFCON, which demonstrated the ability of attackers to set up a phony GSM base station and intercept cellphone calls. iPhone users who are communicating over an...