Phony Pokémon GO Android App Gave Attackers Root Access

A rogue and malicious app that billed itself as a “Guide for Pokémon GO” managed to make it into Google Play’s marketplace. Once installed, the malware-laced app gave attackers root access to any Android device it was installed on. The app, actually a Trojan in disguise, contained a nasty piece o...

Announcing the Project Zero Prize

Posted by Natalie Silvanovich, Exploit Enthusiast Despite the existence of vulnerability rewards programs at Google and other companies, many unique, high-quality security bugs have been discovered as a result of hacking contests. Hoping to continue the stream of great bugs, we’ve decided to star...

Microsoft Windows CVE-2016-3368 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial of service conditions. Technologies Affected Microsoft Windows 10 Version...

Android Security Bulletin—September 2016Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

ded The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site...

Avira Free Antivirus DLL Hijacking

Hi @ll, Avira's free antivirus full package executable installers, aviraantivirusen-us.exe, aviraantivirusde-de.exe etc., available from , etc., have multiple vulnerabilities: 1. the full package executable installers really: self- extracting RAR archives extract their payload the real installer...

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP code of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system or to remotely execute code. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow in the affected...

Undocumented SNMP String Exposes Rockwell PLCs to Remote Attacks

An undocumented SNMP community string has been discovered in programmable logic controllers PLCs built by Allen-Bradley Rockwell Automation that exposes these devices deployed in a number of critical industries to remote attacks. Researchers at Cisco Talos today said the vulnerability is in the...

Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9001 Aggregation Services Routers Fragmented Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the driver processing functions of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9001 Aggregation Services Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on the route processor RP of an affected device, which could cause the device to drop all control-plan...

Cisco RV180 VPN and RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Routers Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco RV180 VPN Router and Cisco RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability allows the attacker to perform directory traversal. The vulnerability...

Cisco RV180 VPN and RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco RV180 VPN Router and Cisco RV180W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of HTTP requests. A...

Android Security Bulletin—August 2016Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site...

Cisco Meeting Server Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web bridge that offers video via a web interface of Cisco Meeting Server Software, formerly Acano Conferencing Server, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a persistent cross-site scripting XSS attack against a user of the web interface of an affected...

Moxa MiiNePort Devices Leak Data, Open to Unauthorized Access

Embedded device servers made by Moxa remain vulnerable to a trio of vulnerabilities disclosed today in an advisory published by the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team ICS-CERT and a blog post by researcher Karn Ganeshen. Moxa, which is based in Taiwan, will publish a beta...

Chrome Defaults to HTML5 over Adobe Flash Starting in Q4

As zero days in Adobe Flash Player continue to bubble to the surface, major technology players are announcing their plans to shove the maligned software aside in favor of HTML5. Google is the latest, announcing recently that by Q4 of this year, HTML5 would be the default in the Chrome browser,...

Android Security Bulletin—May 2016Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site...

Badlock Windows, Samba Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability

Weeks of anxiety and concern over the Badlock vulnerability ended today with an anticlimactic thud. Badlock was the security boogeyman since the appearance three weeks ago of a website and logo branding the bug as something serious in Samba, an open source implementation of the server message blo...

Moxa Won't Patch Publicly Disclosed Flaws Until August

Update A number of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Moxa networking gear won’t be patched until August, if at all, according to an alert published on Friday by the Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team ICS-CERT. Researcher Joakim Kennedy of Rapid7 disclosed in March some...

CVE-2016-1019: A New Flash Exploit Included in Magnitude Exploit Kit

On April 2, security researcher @Kafeine at Proofpoint discovered a change to the Magnitude Exploit Kit. Thanks to their collaboration, we analyzed the sample and discovered that Magnitude EK was exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player CVE-2016-1019. The in-the-wild...

BugCrowd CSV Injection

Description: A vulnerability in the file upload feature allows attackers to send malicious csv files. By using the Microsoft Excel DDE function an attacker can launch arbritary commands on the victims system. Many companies don't allow xslx or docx files to be uploaded by security testers, becaus...

Nexus Security Bulletin—April 2016Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.

We have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update as part of our Android Security Bulletin Monthly Release process. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site. Security Patch Levels of April 02, 2016 or later address these...