FreeBSD : cups-filters -- remote code execution (24375796-7cbc-11ef-a3a9-001cc0382b2f)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 24375796-7cbc-11ef-a3a9-001cc0382b2f advisory. OpenPrinting reports: Due to the service binding to :631 INADDRANY , multiple bugs in...

Improper access control

Improper Access Control leads to adding a high-privilege user affecting Elenos ETG150 FM transmitter running on version 3.12 by exploiting user's role within the admin profile. An attack could occur over the public Internet in some cases...

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

A jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel, a St. Charles, Ill. man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Internet users and websites. Gatrels...

Cybersecurity Insurance

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws. But...

Facebook Opens ThreatExchange Information Sharing Platform

Facebook, with its giant infrastructure and its equally wide view into Internet attacks, has built an information-sharing platform that it hopes will entice other big technology companies to join and contribute threat data and indicators of compromise. The platform, called ThreatExchange, already...

FBI Arrests two Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers

FBI Arrests Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous Hackers Search warrants were also being executed in New Jersey, Minnesota and Montana. The FBI arrested two alleged members of the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous on Thursday morning in San Francisco and Phoenix, According to Fox news. The...

British police issue warning to Anonymous, Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists

British police issue warning to Anonymous , Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists The Metropolitan Police have taken the unusual step of using Twitter to send a message to anyone considering supporting internet attacks against companies and governments.A message posted on the Met Police's offici...

Anonymous leaks PSN SSH Logs, Sony is responsible for Data Theft ?

Anonymous leaks PSN SSH Logs, Sony is responsible for Data Theft ? 1. On the Sony servers running the highly outdated Open SSH version 4.4. 2. Current version is 5.7. For those of Sony for encrypted version are used for more than five years several known security holes. 3. Sony server running in...

Tunisia under attack by Anonymous Hackers - Press Release !

The faction of Anonymous that launched the anti-Scientology movement Chanology and has more recently been supporting Wikileaks through various information and direct action campaigns has launched an attack on the Tunisian government's web capabilities in retaliation for the censorship policies it...

Anonymous Vows Continued Attacks on Companies Opposing WikiLeaks

A pro-WikiLeaks hacker has stated that an Internet insurgent group will continue targeting companies that oppose the whistleblowing website.For the first time, the cyber-insurgent "Bass" from the group Anonymous spoke on camera, revealing details about their operations and their expanding...

U.S. Adopts Military Tactics for Rising Cyberwar Threats

The increasing threats of cyberwar are keeping U.S. officials busy alongside ongoing wars on terror and drugs. Recent incidents highlight the rising cyberwarfare concerns: Google reported espionage attacks originating from China, mysterious Internet traffic activities related to China, the Stuxne...

U.S. Reigns As Most Bot-Infected Country

The U.S. has by far the highest number of bot-infected computers of any country in the world, with nearly four times as many infected PCs as the country in second place, Brazil, according to a new report by Microsoft. The quarterly report on malicious software and Internet attacks shows that whil...

Free Blocking Tool to Thwart Drive-By Downloads

Researchers are preparing to release a free tool to stop “drive-by” downloads: Internet attacks in which the mere act of visiting a Web site results in the surreptitious installation of malicious software. The new tool, called BLADE Block All Drive-By Download Exploits, stops downloads that are...

aol-aim-tunnel.txt

The risks of using an AOL client behind a firewall Many users wish to use AOL client or AIM AOL Instant Messenger behind the company firewall. However, opening the firewall for an AOL client can present a security risk to the entire network. AOL client connects to the AOL server at port 5190. Thi...