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XScreenSaver Access Control Error Vulnerability
XScreenSaver is an open source screen saver program written in C language. An Access Control Error vulnerability exists in versions of XScreenSaver prior to 5.14, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause the program to crash, prevent the screen from locking, and then access resources...
New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection
Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and get into its service to infect Android users with malware. Two such Android apps have recently been spotted on the Google Play Store by security...
Microsoft Windows: Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events
Audit Other Logon/Logoff Events determines whether Windows generates audit events for other logon or logoff events. These other logon or logoff events include: - A Remote Desktop session connects or disconnects. - A workstation is locked or unlocked. - A screen saver is invoked or dismissed. - A...
Microsoft Windows: Enable screen saver
This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winscreensaver.nasl 11344 2018-09-12 06:57:52Z emoss $ Check value for Enable screen saver users listed in HKU Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program i...
Microsoft Windows: Force specific screen saver
This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winforcescreensaver.nasl 11344 2018-09-12 06:57:52Z emoss $ Check value for Force specific screen saver users listed in HKU Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net...
Microsoft Windows: Screen saver timeout
This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: wintimoutscreensaver.nasl 11344 2018-09-12 06:57:52Z emoss $ Check value for Screen saver timeout users listed in HKU Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...
Malicious App Infects 60,000 Android Devices – But Still Saves Their Batteries
UPDATE A battery-saving app that also allows attackers to snatch text messages and read sensitive log data has been downloaded by more than 60,000 Android devices so far. But what’s unique about the attack, according to the researchers at RiskIQ who discovered it, is that it holds true to its...
Malware infected Battery saver app on Play Store infects 60,000 users
By Waqas The IT security researchers at RiskIQ have discovered a unique malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malware infected Battery saver app on Play Store infects 60,000 users...
Microsoft Windows: MSS: Time (seconds) before the screen saver grace period expires
This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winmlscreensavergraceperiod.nasl 11337 2018-09-11 14:23:53Z emoss $ Check value for MSS: ScreenSaverGracePeriod The time in seconds before the screen saver grace period expires 0 recommended Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright:...
Microsoft Windows: Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit
This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winilmachineinactivitylimit.nasl 11532 2018-09-21 19:07:30Z cfischer $ Check value for Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...
Twitter is Testing End-to-End Encrypted Direct Messages
Twitter has been adopting new trends at a snail's pace. But it's better to be late than never. Since 2013 people were speculating that Twitter will bring end-to-end encryption to its direct messages, and finally almost 5 years after the encryption era began, the company is now testing an end-to-e...
xorg-x11-server denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2018-03153)
The xorg-x11-server is an X Window System display server bundled with multiple vendor operating systems. A security vulnerability exists in the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension in xorg-x11-server versions prior to 1.19.5, which stems from a lack of length detection in the program. An attacker can explo...
Input validation
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12185
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
CVE-2017-12185
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
ALPINE-CVE-2017-12185
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
CVE-2017-12185
xorg-x11-server before 1.19.5 was missing length validation in MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension allowing malicious X client to cause X server to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...
CVE-2017-12185
CVE-2017-12185 affects the X.Org X server (xorg-x11-server) prior to 1.19.5. The vulnerability is due to missing length validation in the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension, which can cause the X server to crash or potentially allow arbitrary code execution when processed by a malicious X client. The pro...
