U.K. Internet service providers ordered to block three filesharing websites

The UK High Court has ordered BSkyB, BT, Virgin Media and three other UK broadband providers to block access to three music and movie file-sharing websites Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy. Judge Richard Arnold said that these websites infringed 10 music companies copyrights on an industrial...

UPDATE: Ongoing Malicious Cyber Activity Against U.S. Government and Private Sector Entities

UPDATE: The United States Department of Homeland Security, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other partners, has released a second Joint Indicator Bulletin JIB through secure channels. Confirmed members of the cybersecurity community of practice, which may include...

Malware attack on Apple employees by hackers who targeted Facebook

The same ring of hackers that are responsible for hacking into at least 40 companies including Facebook and Twitter are reportedly also infected the computers of some Apple employees, the company acknowledged Tuesday. The purpose of hack considered an effort to steal company secrets, research and...

Mandiant revealed Chinese APT1 Cyber Espionage campaign

Few weeks after the discovery of the sophisticated cyber espionage campaign against principal US media The Mandiant® Intelligence Center™ released an shocking report that reveals an enterprise-scale computer espionage campaign dubbed APT1. The term APT1 is referred to one of the numerous cyber...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CObjectElement Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the...

OpenJDK: loadPropertyFile missing restrictions (JAXP, 8001235)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.240 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JAXP. NOTE: the previou...

OpenJDK: loadPropertyFile missing restrictions (JAXP, 8001235)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.240 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JAXP. NOTE: the previou...

OpenJDK: loadPropertyFile missing restrictions (JAXP, 8001235)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.240 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JAXP. NOTE: the previou...

Howard Schmidt

Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity coordinator and Microsoft CSO, said executives need to be aware of the threats their companies face. “We have to understand that theft of intellectual property is different from trying to turn the lights out,” he said...

Fedora 16 : php-pear-CAS-1.3.2-1.fc16 (2012-21122)

Changes in version 1.3.2 Security Fixes : - CVE-2012-5583 Missing CN validation of CAS server certificate 58 Joachim Fritschi Bug Fixes : - Fix broken character encoding in Greek and French 40 Joachim Fritschi - Minor error corrections in a few example files Joachim Fritschi - Remove erroneous...

Faux, Hacked Apps Continue to Litter Google Play Marketplace, Developer Alleges

Phony, potentially malicious apps are continuing to make their way into Google’s Play marketplace, triggering debate over whether applications are being properly vetted for adhering to the company’s marketplace policies. Developers at the Root Uninstaller Team have called out another app publishe...

RealPlayer RealMedia File Handling Buffer Overflow

This Metasploit module exploits a stack based buffer overflow on RealPlayer versions 15.0.6.14 and below. The vulnerability exists in the handling of real media files, due to the insecure usage of the GetPrivateProfileString function to retrieve the URL property from an InternetShortcut section...

RealPlayer - '.RealMedia' File Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'RealPlayer...

WordPress WP Property Plugin - PHP File Upload

WordPress WP Property plugin is prone to a PHP file upload vulnerability. It allows an attacker to upload arbitrary PHP code and run it in the context of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation. Solution Update the plugin...

WordPress Plugin WP-Property - Arbitrary '.PHP' File Upload (Metasploit)

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' require 'msf/core/exploit/phpexe'...

WordPress WP-Property PHP File Upload

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' require 'msf/core/exploit/phpexe'...

Government Report Warns of 'Persistent, Pervasive' Economic Espionage Attacks on U.S.

Attempts by foreign governments, individuals and government-associated groups to steal intellectual property, state secrets and other sensitive data from U.S. companies and government agencies are ratcheting up and government officials say the threat has become especially “persistent, pervasive,...

USN-1638-3: Firefox regressions

USN-1638-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The new packages introduced regressions in cookies handling and the User Agent string. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Bob Clary, Kyle Huey, Ed Morley, Chris Lord, Boris Zbarsky,...

Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November12 (Windows)

This host is installed with Mozilla Thunderbird and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbmozillathunderbirdmultvuln01nov12win.nasl 5950 2017-04-13 09:02:06Z teissa $ Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November12 Windows Authors: Arun Kallavi...

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November12 (Windows)

This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbmozillaprdtsmultvuln01nov12win.nasl 6018 2017-04-24 09:02:24Z teissa $ Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November12 Windows Authors: Rachana Shetty Copyright: Copyrigh...