Decision in Street View WiFi Case Could Hinder Some Security Research

The decision by the Ninth Circuit Court last week to allow the class-action suit against Google over its collection of WiFi data to continue was welcomed as good news by privacy advocates, but it may have considerable consequences for security researchers who collect such data during legitimate...

NSA Bought Exploit Service From VUPEN, Contract Shows

The U.S. government–particularly the National Security Agency–are often regarded as having advanced offensive cybersecurity capabilities. But that doesn’t mean that they’re above bringing in a little outside help when it’s needed. A newly public contract shows that the NSA last year bought a...

Kwok Information Server 2.7.3 / 2.8.4 SQL Injection Vulnerability

Kwok Information Server versions 2.7.3 and 2.8.4 suffer from a remote blind SQL injection vulnerability. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ || || || Advisory : Kwok Information Server Blind Sql Injection || || Affected Version : 2.7.3 & 2.8.4 || || Vendor :...

How I Got Here: Marc Maiffret

Dennis Fisher talks with Marc Maiffret about his teenage years as a phone phreaker and BBS denizen, the early years of the vulnerability research scene, the Code Red worm and its aftermath and how the security scene has changed in the past 15 years. Download: 10maiffret.mp3...

GLPI install.php Remote Command Execution

This module exploits an arbitrary command execution vulnerability in the GLPI 'install.php' script. This module is set to ManualRanking due to this module overwriting the target database configuration, which may introduce target instability. Module Options msf use exploit/multi/http/glpi/installr...

Kwok Information Server 2.7.3 / 2.8.4 SQL Injection

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ || || || Advisory : Kwok Information Server Blind Sql Injection || || Affected Version : 2.7.3 & 2.8.4 || || Vendor : http://www.kwoksys.com/index.php || || Risk : Medium || || CVE-ID : 2013-5028 || || Tested on Platform : Windows...

DefCamp 2013 - International Hacking and Information Security Conference in Romania

The Fourth Edition of an International Information Security Conference hosted in Romania , The DefCamp 2013 is now open for Call for Papers. Over 300 Security experts, Researchers, and Enthusiasts from Romania and neighboring countries are expected to take part in the event in Bucharest, at the...

Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Jahia xCM

Advisory ID: HTB23159 Product: Jahia xCM Vendor: Jahia Solutions Group SA Vulnerable Versions: 6.6.1.0 r43343 and probably prior Tested Version: 6.6.1.0 r43343 Vendor Notification: June 5, 2013 Vendor Patch: July 17, 2013 Public Disclosure: July 31, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting...

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer Protected Mode Sandbox Bypass (Pwn2Own 2013 / MS13-059)

VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Internet Explorer Protected Mode Sandbox Bypass Pwn2Own 2013 / MS13-059 Website : http://www.vupen.com Twitter : http://twitter.com/vupen I. BACKGROUND --------------------- "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included as pa...

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Twilight CMS

Advisory ID: HTB23166 Product: Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 5.17 and probably prior Tested Version: 5.17 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Vendor Patch: August 15, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting CWE-79 CVE...

AjaXplorer 5.0.2 Shell Upload / Traversal

Trustwave SpiderLabs Security Advisory TWSL2013-027: Multiple Vulnerabilities in AjaXplorer Published: 09/05/13 Version: 1.0 Vendor: AjaXplorer http://ajaxplorer.info Product: AjaXplorer Version affected: 5.0.2 and prior Product description: AjaXplorer is an open source file sharing platform whic...

Windows 8 Picture Gesture Authentication Research

Typing on a smartphone or tablet keyboard lends itself to a lot of fat-fingered mistakes. Recent updates to mobile operating systems and desktop OSes such as Windows 8, however, have tried to better leverage the touch screen for things such as authentication. Users, for example, have the option o...

Researchers Reverse Engineer Dropbox

Researchers have cracked open cloud storage service Dropbox, reverse engineering the encryption protecting the client in order to open it up to further security analysis. The engineers, Dhiru Kholia of Openwall and Przemyslaw Wegrzyn of CodePainters, also managed to demonstrate how to use...

CM3 AcoraCMS XSS / CSRF / Redirection / Disclosure

=============================== - Advisory - =============================== Tittle: CM3 AcoraCMS - Several Vulnerabilities Risk: Medium Date: 12.Sept.2012 Author: Pedro Andujar Twitter: @pandujar .: INTRO :. Acora CMS is a sleek and powerful off-the-shelf content management application coupled...

Norwich University Receives $9.9 M for Cybersecurity Research

Norwich University, a small military college nestled in the Green Mountains of Vermont, secured another round of funding for cybersecurity research this week. The grant, $9.9 million in federal funds, will feed into a project that ensures groups in the private and public sector can better plan fo...

New Mozilla Plug-N-Hack Tool Integrates Browsers and Security Tools

The Mozilla security team is developing a new proposed standard that will make it easier for researchers to integrate some of their tools with Firefox and other browsers. The standard, known as Plug-n-Hack, is an open project that Mozilla hopes will be adopted by researchers and tool makers. A lo...

Palestinian hacker, who hacked Zuckerberg's Facebook account to be rewarded with $12,000

The Palestinian hacker 'Khalil Shreateh', who broke into the Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Timeline to expose a security lapse will be awarded nearly $12,000 but not from Facebook, it will come from an online crowdsourced campaign. The hacker initially used Facebook's whitehat disclosure program, a...

DeWeS 0.4.2 - Directory Traversal

Advisory ID: HTB23167 Product: DeWeS web server Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 0.4.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 0.4.2 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Path Traversal CWE-22 CVE Reference:...

DeWeS 0.4.2 Path Traversal

Advisory ID: HTB23167 Product: DeWeS web server Twilight CMS Vendor: Strata Technologies LLC Vulnerable Versions: 0.4.2 and probably prior Tested Version: 0.4.2 Vendor Notification: July 24, 2013 Public Disclosure: August 21, 2013 Vulnerability Type: Path Traversal CWE-22 CVE Reference:...

Scanning the Internet in 45 Minutes

The Internet is a big thing. Or, more accurately, a big collection of things. Figuring out exactly how many things, and what vulnerabilities those things contain has always been a challenge for researchers, but a new tool released by a group from the University of Michigan that is capable of...