Elastic Stack 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 security update

X-Pack Machine Learning XSS vulnerability ESA-2018-06 X-Pack Machine Learning versions before 6.2.4 and 5.6.9 had a cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability. Users with manageml permissions could create jobs containing malicious data as part of their configuration that could allow the attacker to...

Machine Learning Penetration Testing: GyoiThon

GyoiThon is a growing penetration test tool using Deep Learning. Deep Learning improves classification accuracy in proportion to the amount of learning data. Therefore, GyoiThon will be taking in new learning data during every scan. Since GyoiThon uses various features of software included in HTT...

Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week

A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a backdoored version of popular BitTorrent client called MediaGet. Dubbed Dofoil also known as Smoke Loader, the malware was found dropping a...

How artificial intelligence and machine learning will impact cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence AI and machine learning ML are hot topics in technology. New use cases and applications are discussed daily—from search results recommendations to smart cars. But what are cybersecurity organizations doing with this tech? What does it take to render additional security out...

New Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over 500,000 PCs in Just Few Hours

Two days ago, Microsoft encountered a rapidly spreading cryptocurrency-mining malware that infected almost 500,000 computers within just 12 hours and successfully blocked it to a large extent. Dubbed Dofoil, aka Smoke Loader, the malware was found dropping a cryptocurrency miner program as payloa...

Behavior monitoring combined with machine learning spoils a massive Dofoil coin mining campaign

Update: Further analysis of this campaign points to a poisoned update for a peer-to-peer P2P application. For more information, read Poisoned peer-to-peer app kicked off Dofoil coin miner outbreak. Just before noon on March 6 PST, Windows Defender Antivirus blocked more than 80,000 instances of...

How Office 365 protects your organization from modern phishing campaigns

This post is authored by Debraj Ghosh, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft 365 Security. We often allude to the benefits of having an integrated threat protection stack in Office 365. Today we wanted to take the opportunity to walk you through how the combined features and services in the...

Extracting Secrets from Machine Learning Systems

This is fascinating research about how the underlying training data for a machine-learning system can be inadvertently exposed. Basically, if a machine-learning system trains on a dataset that contains secret information, in some cases an attacker can query the system to extract that secret...

FinFisher exposed: A researcher’s tale of defeating traps, tricks, and complex virtual machines

Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Office 365 ATP blocked many notable zero-day exploits in 2017. In our analysis, one activity group stood out: NEODYMIUM. This threat actor is remarkable for two reasons: Its access to sophisticated zero-day exploits for Microsoft and Adobe software Its use of...

Application Security Testing — The Wallarm Approach

Testing the security of the corporate applications is a part of every-day life for Ops and DevOps professionals. Larger companies have whole teams dedicated to independent security testing, called Red Teams. These folks use various tools at their disposal to discover the flaws in both application...

PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script is an online learning and examination management system from PHP Scripts Mall India. The system is mainly used for online exams and online quizzes. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and...

CVE-2018-6866

Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 via a crafted message...

CVE-2018-6866

Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 via a crafted message...

Cross site scripting

Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 via a crafted message...

CVE-2018-6866

CVE-2018-6866 affects PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1. The connected documents describe a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the system, exploitable through a crafted message in the messaging feature. PoCs and exploits (e.g., Exploit-DB and 0day l...

CVE-2018-6866

Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 via a crafted message...

PT-2018-17790

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Learning and Examination Management System Script version 2.3.1 Description A Cross Site Scripting XSS issue exists, allowing for the execution of malicious scripts via a crafted message. Recommendations For version 2.3.1, update to a newer...

Learning And Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 XSS

Exploit Title: Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 a Stored XSS Date: 09.02.2018 Vendor Homepage: https://www.phpscriptsmall.com/ Software Link: https://www.phpscriptsmall.com/product/learning-examination-management-system/ Category: Web Application Exploit Author: Prasenjit...

CVE-2018-6866: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Cross Site Scripting XSS exists in PHP Scripts Mall Learning and Examination Management System Script 2.3.1 via a crafted message...

Tenable University: Nessus Certificate of Proficiency

Yesterday I finished "Nessus Certificate of Proficiency" learning plan at Tenable University and passed the final test. Here I would like to share my impressions. First of all, few words about my motivation. I use Nessus literally every day at work. So, it was fun to check my knowledge. I already...