John Paul Stevens Was a Cryptographer

I didn't know that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens "was also a cryptographer for the Navy during World War II." He was a proponent of individual privacy...

paul.gruenbacher.at Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Security Researcher Mughiwara Helped patch 191 vulnerabilities Received 2 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 4 recommendations , a holder of 2 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting paul.gruenbacher.at website and its users. Following...

WordPress Widget Logic plugin <= 5.9.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability that leads to Remote Code Execution RCE found by Paul Dannewitz in WordPress Widget Logic plugin versions = 5.9.0. Solution Update the WordPress Widget Logic plugin to the latest available version at least 5.10.2...

Arbitrary Code Execution

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with...

CyberAegis Aether Competition Team Reflects Bright Future for Young Women in STEM & Cybersecurity

I am always excited to get involved in conversations around getting more young women into STEM earlier. Recently, I was able to catch up with the members of the CyberAegis Aether team, an all-girls, middle school cybersecurity competition team. Here is what they had to say: Tell us a little bit...

Data Leakage from Encrypted Databases

Matthew Green has a super-interesting blog post about information leakage from encrypted databases. It describes the recent work by Paul Grubbs, Marie-Sarah Lacharité, Brice Minaud, and Kenneth G. Paterson. Even the summary is too much to summarize, so read it...

Gen. Nakasone on US Cyber Command

Really interesting article by and interview with Paul M. Nakasone Commander of US Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency, and Chief of the Central Security Service in the current issue of Joint Forces Quarterly. He talks about the evolving role of US Cyber Command, and its new...

WordPress Yet Another Stars Rating plugin <= 1.8.6 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

PHP Object Injection vulnerability found by Paul Dannewitz in WordPress Yet Another Stars Rating plugin versions = 1.8.6. Solution Update the WordPress Yet Another Stars Rating plugin to the latest available version at least 1.8.7...

Paul Manafort Is Bad at Basic Tech, From Passwords to PDFs

The former Trump campaign chair keeps getting in trouble thanks at least in part to subpar digital security...

How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?

Back in April 2015, I tweeted about receiving a letter via snail mail suggesting the search engine rankings for a domain registered in my name would suffer if I didn't pay a bill for some kind of dubious-looking service I'd never heard of. But it wasn't until the past week that it become clear ho...

Beers with Talos EP 39: VB 2018 Rundown and Prevalent Problems with PDF

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 39 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Ep. 39 show notes: Recorded Oct. 5, 2018 - We start out with a quick chat to get to know this week’s special guests from the Talo...

paul-ward.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-684308 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| paul-ward.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| hidden until disclosure Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| hidden...

recherche.institutpaulbocuse.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-653106 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| recherche.institutpaulbocuse.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6....

st-peter-und-paul-hn.de XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-643856 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| st-peter-und-paul-hn.de Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Dell EMC RecoverPoint 5.1.2 - Local Root Command Execution

Dell EMC RecoverPoint 5.1.2 - Local Root Command Execution Exploit Title: Dell EMC RecoverPoint &2 root@recoverpoint:/ id uid=0root gid=0root groups=0root root@recoverpoint:/...

paulpardue.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-618099 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| paulpardue.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

schiffhardin.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-615738 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| schiffhardin.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

New NSA/Cyber Command Head Confirmed by Senate

It's Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone. I know nothing about him...

CloudMe Sync 1.11.0 - Local Buffer Overflow

Exploit Title: Local Buffer Overflow on CloudMe Sync v1.11.0 Date: 08.03.2018 Vendor Homepage: https://www.cloudme.com/en Software Link: https://www.cloudme.com/downloads/CloudMe1110.exe Category: Local Exploit Discovery: Prasenjit Kanti Paul Web: http://hack2rule.wordpress.com/ Version: 1.11.0...

D-Link DIR-600M Wireless Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: D-Link DIR-600M Wireless - Persistent Cross Site Scripting Date: 11.02.2018 Vendor Homepage: http://www.dlink.co.in Hardware Link: http://www.dlink.co.in/products/?pid=DIR-600M Category: Hardware Exploit Author: Prasenjit Kanti Paul Web: http://hack2rule.wordpress.com/ Hardware...