Android Malware Increasing, AutoRun Attacks Still Prevalent

The recent trend of attackers focusing their attention on mobile platforms such as Android, Symbian and iOs is continuing to accelerate, researchers say, and the threats to smartphones are becoming more and more sophisticated and dangerous. Android is becoming the focus of much of the attention...

Microsoft Releases Version 2.1 of EMET Mitigation Toolkit

Microsoft has released a new version of its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, a free download that gives IT staffs the ability to better defend against exploit attempts. The EMET now includes support, as well. EMET is a toolkit that essentially is designed to add exploit mitigation...

eyeos 1.9.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Using Image Files

eyeos 1.9.0.2 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Using Image Files Title: eyeOS alert"XSS done"; - Risks and consequences: Malicious users can inject code inside image files malware, browser exploits, etc... to attack other users and compromise the whole system via shared files or internal message...

FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- remote code execution vulnerability (32b05547-6913-11e0-bdc4-001b2134ef46)

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports : A critical vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for...

ZDI-11-094: (0 day) Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks File Migration Agent Remote Archive Tampering Vulnerability

ZDI-11-094: 0 day Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks File Migration Agent Remote Archive Tampering Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-094 February 28, 2011 -- CVSS: 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P -- Affected Vendors: Hewlett-Packard -- Affected Products: Hewlett-Packard...

ZDI-11-092: (0day) Cisco Secure Desktop CSDWebInstaller ActiveX Control Cleaner.cab Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-092: 0day Cisco Secure Desktop CSDWebInstaller ActiveX Control Cleaner.cab Remote Code Execution Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-092 February 23, 2011 -- CVE ID: CVE-2011-0925 -- CVSS: 8.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C -- Affected Vendors: Cisco -- Affected...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Google Adds Flash Sandbox to Chrome Browser

Two weeks after releasing Reader X with its new sandbox security mechanism, Adobe has teamed up with Google to enable a sandboxed version of its Flash software to run in Google Chrome. The two companies said on Wednesday that Google has released a version of Chrome to its developer channel that...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates for Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address multiple vulnerabilities including those described in security advisory APSA10-05, a recent Adobe PSIRT blog entry, and security bulletin APSB10-26. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities ma...

Cisco Security Advisory: CiscoWorks Common Services Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Cisco Security Advisory: CiscoWorks Common Services Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20101027-cs Revision 1.0 For Public Release 2010 October 27 1600 UTC GMT...

Cisco IOS Software Session Initiation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the Session Initiation Protocol SIP implementation in Cisco IOS® Software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device when SIP operation is enabled. Cisco has released software updates that address these...

Easily Exploitable Bugs Becoming a Precious Commodity

There has never been more focus on security than there is right now, whether it’s from software vendors looking to eliminate flaws in their products, from attackers looking to exploit those flaws or from customers who are sick of having their PCs compromised. And as the focus has intensified in...

Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637) Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Security Advisory 2269637 Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: August 23, 2010 Version: 1.0 General Information Executive Summary Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote attack vector for a class of vulnerabilities that...

Vulnerability Broker Draws Line in Disclosure Sand

Looking to put pressure on software vendors who procrastinate on fixing security flaws, the world’s biggest broker of vulnerability data is drawing a line in the sand. Starting August 4, TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative ZDI will enforce a six-month deadline for patches on all vulnerabilities...

Microsoft Ships Anti-Exploit Tool for IT Admins

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft today released a new tool to help IT administrators backport anti-exploit mitigations like ASLR Address Space Layout Randomization and DEP Data Execution Prevention to older versions of Windows. The tool, called Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET works by applying...

Dino Dai Zovi on Return-Oriented Exploitation and Bug Bounties

Dennis Fisher talks with independent security researcher Dino Dai Zovi about his upcoming Black Hat talk on return-oriented exploitation, the value of exploit mitigations such as DEP and ASLR, the new crop of vendor bug bounties and why we don’t have any good data on zero-day attacks. Podcast aud...

New Flaw Found in Microsoft SharePoint

There is a cross-site scripting flaw in SharePoint 2007, Microsoft’s collaboration product, which could give an attacker the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on a machine through a browser. High-Tech Bridge, a Swiss security firm, published an advisory about the vulnerability on...

Apple Desperately Needs an SDL Program

We’ve been saying this for years but there’s a certain desperation today for an SDL-type program at Apple. The security reality does not match Apple’s marketing/advertising and, as the Pwn2Own exploits show, the company is running around in circles trying to keep hackers at bay. Apple needs to...

Apple Safari Still Easiest to Hack

For the third year in a row, security researcher Charlie Miller successfully compromised a fully patched MacBook Pro machine with a Safari vulnerability and exploit. Despite Apple’s best efforts at making it difficult to exploit the Mac OS X, Miller’s exploits show that Safari is still easy...

Dedicated Attackers Will Always Win

Despite the multitude of anti-exploit mitigations built into modern operating systems ASLR, DEP, Sandboxing, hackers were able to compromise every major target this year. This is confirmation that dedicated attackers with the right financial motivation, will almost always find a way to break into...