Understanding The Porn + Malware Connections

CAMBRIDGE — For a minimal investment of about $160, a single porn site operator can infect more than 20,000 computers with malware for use in cybercrime, according to an academic study presented at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security WEIS 2010. The research team presented a...

Adobe Plugs Critical Photoshop Security Holes

Adobe has issued a security patch for its Adobe Photoshop CS4 software to plug “critical” vulnerabilities that expose users to code execution attacks with rigged image files. The flaws affect both Windows and Mac OS X users. Adobe Photoshop CS5 is not affected by these issues. The company only...

Fedora Update for php-ZendFramework FEDORA-2010-8498

Check for the Version of php-ZendFramework OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for php-ZendFramework FEDORA-2010-8498 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Desktop. Cisco Secure Desktop contains a vulnerable ActiveX control that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Cisco security advisory...

U.S. Brokerage Firm to Pay $375K for Breach

US brokerage D.A. Davidson has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle charges that lax security practices allowed criminal hackers from Latvia to pilfer the confidential information of some 192,000 of its customers. Read the full article. The Register...

Fedora Update for php-ZendFramework FEDORA-2010-0652

Check for the Version of php-ZendFramework OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for php-ZendFramework FEDORA-2010-0652 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Version number

I notice that the JIRA footer displays the current version of JIRA. Revealing the specifics of the revisions of software that you run in production is generally considered a bad security practice. Is there a reason that it is displayed openly to all users in licensed versions of the product? Is i...

IEEE and Cloud Security Alliance Form Partnership

The Cloud Security Alliance CSA and IEEE are joining forces to ensure that best practices and standards are developed and available to provide security assurance for cloud computing. As a result of this collaboration, CSA and IEEE have been conducting a survey to identify and define the most...

Input validation errors in SYMLTCOM.dll can lead to a buffer overflow.

SUMMARY The Symantec Client Proxy integrated into older versions of Symantec AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. AFFECTED PRODUCTS Product | Version | Solutions ---|---|--- Symantec AntiVirus | 10.0.x | Upgrade to SAV 10.1 MR9 10.1.x | Upgrade to to MR9 10.2...

Drupal Twitter Module Credential Disclosure

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The full text of this advisory can also be found at http://www.madirish.net/?article=447 Description of Vulnerability: - ----------------------------- Drupal http://drupal.org is a robust content management system CMS written in PHP and MySQL that...

Comerica Bank Sued for Failed 2-Factor Authentication

A metals supply company in Michigan is suing its bank for poor security practices after a successful phishing attack against an employee allowed thieves to steal more than half a million dollars last year. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

HPSBPI02575 SSRT090255 rev.3 - HP LaserJet MFP Printers, HP Color LaserJet MFP Printers, Certain HP LaserJet Printers, Remote Unauthorized Access to Files

Potential Security Impact Remote unauthorized access to files VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP LaserJet MFP printers, HP Color LaserJet MFP printers, and certain HP LaserJet printers. The vulnerability could be exploited remotely to gain...

Microsoft Tries to Boost SDL Adoption

Microsoft is trying to boost adoption of the software security practices in its Security Development Lifecycle by releasing a revised set of instructions to make implementation of the process easier and faster. At the Black Hat DC conference on Tuesday, the company announced the release of its...

Project Honey Pot Hits 1 Billionth Spam Mark

Stats from the one billion spam messages blocked by Project Honey Pot over the last five years provide an insight into junk mail trends and spamming practices. Read the full article. The Register...

VMSA-2009-0017:VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issues

VMSA-2009-0017 VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address cross-site scripting issues VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2009-0017 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware vCenter, ESX patch and vCenter Lab Manager releases address...

Symantec’s Altiris Deployment and Notification Management Web Console RunCmd Vulnerability

SUMMARY Symantecs Altiris Deployment Solution, Notification Server and Symantec Management Platform web consoles install a vulnerable ActiveX control. Exploitation of one of the methods used by this control could possibly lead to unauthorized information disclosure, system information corruption ...

NSA to Senate: '3 Steps Should Thwart 80% of Attacks'

Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, according to a senior National Security Agency official. Richard Schaeffer Jr., the NSA’s information assurance director, told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Terrorism...

Visa Announces New Data Encryption Practices

Visa has announced new global best practices for data field encryption, also known as end-to-end encryption – a much-discussed solution in the wake of the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Announced by the global credit card company on Monday, these best practices are designed to further the...

Microsoft Windows Patterns & Practices EntLib DOS Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Patterns & Practices Enterprise Library is prone to a denial of service DoS vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier:...

Microsoft Windows Patterns & Practices EntLib Version Detection

This script finds the installed version of Microsoft Windows Patterns & Practices Enterprise Library and saves the version in KB. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodmswppenterpriselibrarydetect.nasl 5372 2017-02-20 16:26:11Z cfi $ Microsoft Windows Patterns & Practices EntLib Version Detection...