Pligg CMS 2.0.2 - Directory Traversal

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: Pligg CMS 2.0.2 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Website: http://pligg.com/ Vulnerability Type: Directory Traversal Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 09/01/2015 Disclosed to public: 10/07/2015...

Pligg CMS 2.0.2 SQL Injection

Security Advisory - Curesec Research Team 1. Introduction Affected Product: Pligg CMS 2.0.2 Fixed in: not fixed Fixed Version Link: n/a Vendor Website: http://pligg.com/ Vulnerability Type: SQL Injection Remote Exploitable: Yes Reported to vendor: 09/01/2015 Disclosed to public: 10/07/2015 Releas...

You Can Hack Your Own Car — It's Legal Now

Yes, you heard right. You can now hack a car by making necessary modifications – but to the car owned by you, not your neighbors. Last year, President Obama passed a bill called 'Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act,' following which users could unlock their devices – generally...

Car Hacking, Mobile Jailbreaking Among DCMA Exemptions Granted

Car hackers and jailbreakers today apparently got a green light from the Librarian of Congress David Mao to tinker away. The Library of Congress’ triennial exemptions to the anti-circumvention rules within the Digital Copyright Millennium Act DCMA were released today, and among the exemptions to...

PT-2017-52: Information Disclosure in Rockwell Automation Micrologix 1100 and 1400 PLC

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Micrologix 1100 and 1400 PLC. Vulnerability in programmable-logic controllers, caused by sending user credentials to the web server using a HTTP GET method, allows attacker...

ERPSCAN Research Advisory [ERPSCAN-15-017] SAP NetWeaver J2EE DAS service - Unauthorized Access

ERPSCAN Research Advisory ERPSCAN-15-017 SAP NetWeaver J2EE DAS service - Unauthorized Access Application: SAP NetWeaver Versions Affected: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA, probably others Vendor URL: http://SAP.com Bugs: Unauthorized access Sent: 20.04.2013 Reported: 21.04.2013 Vendor response: 21.04.2013...

PT-2016-31: XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server. Vulnerability in the Log Browser, Distributed Switch setup, and Content Library in the vCenter Server allows an authorized user to obtain sensitive information by sending a specially...

PT-2016-32: XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server and vRealize Automation

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entity Injection in vCenter Server. Vulnerability in the Single Sign-On implementation in VMware vCenter Server and vRealize Automation allows attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information via a...

PT-2016-12: HTTP Header Injection in VMware vCenter Server and ESXi

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an HTTP Header Injection vulnerability in VMware vCenter Server and ESXi. The application does not properly sanitize user input before using it in HTTP response headers that allows a malicious user to inject arbitrary headers into HTTP...

Social Media Mining: MassMine

MassMine is a social media mining and archiving application that simplifies the process of collecting and managing large amounts of data across multiple sources. It is designed with the researcher in mind, providing a flexible framework for tackling individualized research needs. MassMine is...

Let's Encrypt Free SSL/TLS Certificate Now Trusted by Major Web Browsers

Yes, Let's Encrypt is now one step closer to its goal of offering Free HTTPS certificates to everyone. Let's Encrypt – the free, automated, and open certificate authority CA – has announced that its Free HTTPS certificates are Now Trusted and Supported by All Major Browsers. Let's Encrypt enables...

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade on the Dangers of APT Security Research

Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade from Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team GReAT joins Ryan Naraine on the podcast to discuss the “identity crisis” in the anti-malware industry and the ethics and perils of investigating state-sponsored or geopolitically significant threats. READ The Ethics a...

Nibbleblog 4.0.3 - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http://www.metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Nibbleblog File Upload Vulnerability', 'Description' = %q Nibbleblog contains a flaw that allows a authenticated remote attacker...

Hackers Can Use Radio-waves to Control Your Smartphone From 16 Feet Away

What if your phone starts making calls, sending text messages and browsing Internet itself without even asking you? No imaginations, because hackers can make this possible using your phone's personal assistant Siri or Google Now. Security researchers have discovered a new hack that could allow...

Practical SHA-1 Collision Attack Months Away

When Bruce Schneier made his oft-cited and mathematically sound projections about the life expectancy of the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm, he didn’t think he was being conservative. “I thought I was being accurate given the information I had at the time,” Schneier said on Thursday. Schneier in...

Kemoge Malicious Adware Campaign

Google has been busy removing a number of apps from Google Play that are disguised as popular selections that are actually pushing what starts out as adware but eventually turns more malicious. Google has already yanked down a file-transfer app called ShareIt, developed by Zhang Long of China, wh...

Two Reflected XSS Vulnerabilities in Calls to Action WordPress plugin

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered two Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin Calls to Action. A remote attacker might be able to steal user's and administrator’s cookies, credentials and browser history, modify web page content to perform phishing...

Outlook Web Access Targeted Attack

Attackers aiming for lateral movement inside an enterprise network have done well in the past to target domain controller credentials. Researchers at Cybereason, however, have uncovered a targeted attack in which hackers were able to burrow onto the corporate network and steal thousands of...

SourceBans 1.4.11 Cross Site Scripting

Advisory ID: HTB23273 Product: SourceBans Vendor: Sourcebans team Vulnerable Versions: 1.4.11 and probably prior Tested Version: 1.4.11 Advisory Publication: October 2, 2015 without technical details Vendor Notification: October 2, 2015 Public Disclosure: October 22, 2015 Vulnerability Type:...

Apple Mac OS X Gatekeeper Bypass

Gatekeeper is Mac OS X’s guardian against rogue applications and malware sneaking into Apple’s famous walled garden. It’s also been a favorite target of researchers and advanced attackers desperate to gain control of Apple devices. Tomorrow at Virus Bulletin in Prague, researcher Patrick Wardle,...