Groundbreaking Cyber Fast Track Research Program Ending

VANCOUVER–When Peiter Zatko, the security researcher and pioneering hacker known as Mudge, joined the federal government several years ago to help run a DARPA research program, some in the security industry wondered what effect someone with his background could have in an organization as famously...

VMware vCenter, ESXi, ESX NFC协议内存破坏漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 58115 CVECAN ID: CVE-2013-1659 VMware vCenter是VMware vSphere套件中一个强大的主机和虚拟机集中管理组件。VMware ESX Server是为适用于任何系统环境的企业级虚拟计算机软件。 VMware vCenter, ESXi, ESX NFC在处理NFC协议时存在安全漏洞，要利用此漏洞攻击者必须截获并修改vCenter Server与客户端或ESXi/ESX与客户端之间的NFC通讯。成功利用此漏洞可导致代码执行。 0 VMWare ESX 4.1 VMWare ESX 4.0 VMWare ESX 3.5...

VMware ESXi/ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues (VMSA-2013-0003)

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2013-0003. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

VMSA-2013-0003 VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues.

The remote ESXi is missing one or more security related Updates from VMSA-2013-0003. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbVMSA-2013-0003.nasl 6065 2017-05-04 09:03:08Z teissa $ VMSA-2013-0003 VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library securi...

CVE-2013-1659

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy NFC protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...

Memory corruption

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy NFC protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...

CVE-2013-1659

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy NFC protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of...

CVE-2013-1659

CVE-2013-1659 affects VMware vCenter Server and ESXi/ESX products, where improper implementation of the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol enables a man‑in‑the‑middle to modify the client–server data stream, potentially causing memory corruption or arbitrary code execution. Affected: VMware vCenter...

VMSA-2013-0003 : VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third-party library security issues.

a. VMware vCenter, ESXi and ESX NFC protocol memory corruption vulnerability VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX contain a vulnerability in the handling of the Network File Copy NFC protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must intercept and modify the NFC traffic between vCenter Serv...

Samsung's new OS Tizen 2.0 source code released

The Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK has officially been released. Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems and it's designed to run apps written using web technologies...

Samsung's new OS Tizen 2.0 source code released

The Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK has officially been released. Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems and it’s designed to run apps written using web technologies...

VMSA-2013-0003:VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues.

VMSA-2013-0003 VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues. VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2013-0003 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC...

Samsung Fixes Remote Wipe Flaw in Galaxy S III Smartphones

Smartphone developer Samsung has reportedly fixed a flaw in one of its newest phones, the Galaxy S III, that allows attackers to remotely wipe the phone’s contents. The patch addresses a flaw presented at the Ekoparty Security Conference in Argentina late last week that showed how easy it was to...

New Android Exploit Could Force Factory Reset remotely

Clicking one wrong link can cause malicious code to execute, which could do anything from infecting your computer with malware to, apparently, wiping your phone data completely. At the Ekoparty security conference, researcher Ravi Borganokar demonstrated at the Ekoparty security conference in...

Android 4.0.4 multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

The Samsung Galaxy S3 can be hacked via NFC, allowing attackers to download all data from the Android smartphone, security researchers demonstrated during the Mobile Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam. Using a pair of zero day vulnerabilities, a team of security researchers from U.K.-based MWR Labs...

Researcher Charlie Miller Joins Twitter Security Team

Twitter quietly is assembling a serious security team, with the most recent addition being Charlie Miller, the security researcher known for finding a long line of bugs in the iPhone and other Apple products. Miller, a respected and prolific researcher, will join the social network’s security tea...

USN-1514-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's macvtap device driver, which is used in KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine to create a network bridge between host and guest. A privleged user in a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the host, if the vhostnet module is loaded with the...

Charlie Miller Takes on NFC, Charlie Miller Wins

LAS VEGAS–Do not stand near Charlie Miller. Actually, you might not even want to let him walk past you. It’s not that Miller is a bad person, you understand. The problem is that Miller has figured out a couple of methods that enable him–or an attacker–to use the NFC chip in some phones to exploit...

Security researchers will disclose vulnerabilities in Embedded, ARM, x86 & NFC

Security researchers are expected to disclose new vulnerabilities in near field communication NFC, mobile baseband firmware, HTML5 and Web application firewalls next week at the Black Hat USA 2012 security conference. The Black Hat session aim to expose sometimes shocking vulnerabilities in widel...

Apple Receives NFC Patent, But Takes It Slow with Mobile Payments

Apple was granted a patent on Tuesday by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a Near Field Communications NFC-enabled travel management application, furthering speculation that the company is readying mobile payment technology for future versions of its iPhone product. The Web site...