CVE-2017-8083

CVE-2017-8083 affects CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 BIOS prior to 2017-05-21. The BIOS does not apply CloseMnf write-protection to flash memory regions, allowing a local attacker with administrative privileges to install a firmware rootkit. No remediation details are provided in the connected...

CVE-2017-8083: Missing Authorization

CompuLab Intense PC and MintBox 2 devices with BIOS before 2017-05-21 do not use the CloseMnf protection mechanism for write protection of flash memory regions, which allows local users to install a firmware rootkit by leveraging administrative privileges...

Insecure Defaults

chef is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The library has a local socket mode on port 8889 that is open by default. This can allow a malicious user to connect to that socket and upload an arbitrary file such as the rootkit cookbook...

Over 1 Million Google Accounts Hacked by 'Gooligan' Android Malware

If you own an Android smartphone, Beware! A new Android malware that has already breached more than 1 Million Google accounts is infecting around 13,000 devices every day. Dubbed Gooligan, the malware roots vulnerable Android devices to steal email addresses and authentication tokens stored on...

Dangerous Rootkit found Pre-Installed on nearly 3 Million Android Phones

Here's some bad news for Android users again. Nearly 3 Million Android devices worldwide are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle MITM attacks that could allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code with root privileges, turning over full control of the devices to hackers. According to a new...

MSRT November 2016: Unwanted software has nowhere to hide in this month’s release

We came across a browser modifier that sports rootkit capabilities. Not only does the threat, detected as BrowserModifier:Win32/Soctuseer, cross the line that separates legitimate software from unwanted, it also takes staying under the radar to the next level. Rootkit capabilities, which make it...

GMER Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

GMER is a program for detecting and removing rootkits. GMER suffers from a stack buffer overflow vulnerability due to the program failing to adequately validate user-supplied data. Allowing an attacker to exploit the vulnerability would allow execution of arbitrary code within the context of the...

Here's How Hackers Can Disrupt '911' Emergency System and Put Your Life at Risk

What would it take for hackers to significantly disrupt the US' 911 emergency call system? It only takes 6,000 Smartphones. Yes, you heard it right! According to new research published last week, a malicious attacker can leverage a botnet of infected smartphone devices located throughout the...

FreePBX 1314 - Remote Command Execution Privilege Escalation

FreePBX 1314 - Remote Command Execution Privilege Escalation !/usr/bin/env python -- coding, latin-1 -- DESCRIPTION FreePBX 13 remote root 0day - Found and exploited by pgt @ nullsecurity.net AUTHOR pgt - nullsecurity.net DATE 8-12-2016 VERSION freepbx0day.py 0.1 AFFECTED VERSIONS FreePBX 13 & 14...

Viking Horde Malware Co-Ops Android Devices for Ad Fraud

The latest Android malware campaign to wend its way through Google’s Play marketplace can leverage victims’ phones for ad fraud, carry out DDoS attacks, send spam, and more, researchers warn. Dubbed Viking Horde, the campaign ropes Android devices into a botnet without their owners being any the...

VirusTotal Firmware Malware Implant Scanning

Successful attacks against firmware are rare but provide hackers with one thing they covet most: persistence. Advanced attack groups have already accelerated their capabilities in finding ways to burrow into the BIOS and EFI as noted by the Snowden leaks’ description of the NSA’s attempts to...

Oh Snap! Lenovo protects your Security with '12345678' as Hard-Coded Password in SHAREit

What do you expect a tech giant to protect your backdoor security with? Holy Cow! It's "12345678" as a Hard-Coded Password. Yes, Lenovo was using one of the most obvious, awful passwords of all time as a hard-coded password in its file sharing software SHAREit that could be exploited by anyone wh...

JShielder - LAMP/LEMP Secure Deployment

JSHielder is an Open Source tool developed to help SysAdmin and developers secure there Linux Servers in which they will be deploying any web application. This tool automates the process of installing all the necessary packages to host a web application and Hardening a Linux server with little...

RPISEC: Malware Analysis

This material was developed and used by RPISEC to teach Malware Analysis at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Fall 2015. This was a university course developed and run solely by students, primarily using the Practical Malware Analysis book by Michael Sikorski and Andrew Honig, to teach skills i...

Dell's Laptops are Infected with 'Superfish-Like' pre-installed Malware

Similar to the Superfish malware that surrounded Lenovo laptops in February, another big computer manufacturer Dell spotted selling PCs and laptops pre-installed with a rogue SSL certificate that could allow attackers: To impersonate as any HTTPS-protected website and spy on when banking or...

Beurk - Experimental Unix Rootkit

BEURK is an userland preload rootkit for GNU/Linux, heavily focused around anti-debugging and anti-detection. NOTE: BEURK is a recursive acronym for B EURK E xperimental U nix R oot K it Features Hide attacker files and directories Realtime log cleanup on utmp/wtmp Anti process and login detectio...

Lenovo Caught (3rd Time) Pre-Installing Spyware on its Laptops

Lenovo has once again been caught installing spyware on its laptops and workstations without the user's permission or knowledge. One of the most popular computer manufacturers is being criticized for selling some refurbished laptop models pre-installed with invasive marketing software that sends...

Lenovo Caught Using Rootkit to Secretly Install Unremovable Software

Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns. Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware. One of the mo...

Hacking Team Spyware preloaded with UEFI BIOS Rootkit to Hide Itself

Last Week someone just hacked the infamous Hacking Team, The Italy-based cyber weapons manufacturer and leaked a huge trove of 400GB internal data, including: Emails Hacking tools Zero-day exploits Surveillance tools Source code for Spyware A spreadsheet listing every government client with date ...

Apple Mac computer firmware 0day EFI rootkit vulnerability

MAC is apple's self-developed operating system, now commonly used operating systems are windows, linux, mac. MacBook Pro Retina, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air computers may have a security vulnerability in the EFI firmware update, the attacker does not need to physically touch the target machine, c...