wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

Wordpress reports: WordPress 3.5.1 also addresses the following security issues: A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: fail2ban-0.8.8-1.fc18

Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/errorlog and bans IP that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address...

quota security and bug fix update

1:3.13-8.0.1 - Add ocfs2 support Orabug: 14208111 1:3.13-8 - Fix CVE-2012-3417 incorrect use of tcpwrappers Resolves: 841448 1:3.13-7 - Fix parsing numeric arguments of setquota Resolves: 831520 1:3.13-6 - Do not use real domains in warnquota example Resolves: 680429 - Use /proc/mounts for...

eXtplorer Detection

Detection of eXtplorer. The script sends a connection request to the server and attempts to extract the version number from the reply. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

Hackers abusing online Nmap Port Scanning service

Most of you knows the power of Nmap, When used properly, Nmap helps protect your network from invaders. One of the best tool for hackers, penetration testers and Security researchers. Officially Nmap a desktop tool, can be used as web version but should be under some limitations. When someone doe...

Hackers abusing online Nmap Port Scanning service

Most of you knows the power of Nmap, When used properly, Nmap helps protect your network from invaders. One of the best tool for hackers, penetration testers and Security researchers. Officially Nmap a desktop tool, can be used as web version but should be under some limitations. When someone doe...

CVE-2012-5970

The Huawei E585 device allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and device outage via crafted HTTP requests, as demonstrated by unspecified vulnerability-scanning software...

Wordpress Pingback Port Scanner

Hi folks, Wordpress 3.5 has it's XML-RPC Interface enabled by default. See here for more information: http://www.ethicalhack3r.co.uk/security/introduction-to-the-wordpress-xml-rpc-api/ http://codex.wordpress.org/Version3.5Settings I read through the article and took a look at the Pinback API sinc...

Security Advisory-Segment Fault When Parsing Http Request in Web server of E585

HUAWEI E585 Wireless Modem is the terminal which can realize the high-speed wireless network access. The access is realized by the connection between USB interfaces and PCs or by the connection between WiFi and many wireless devices. In the network coverage area of HSPA/UMTS or EDGE/GPRS/GSM, use...

Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager Security Bypass

Added: 12/03/2012 BID: 56539 OSVDB: 87334 Background Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager NPUM allows IT administrators to work on systems without exposing superuser administrator or supervisor passwords or root-account credentials to the administrator. Problem NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.1...

OpenVAS gsad Web Interface Login Utility

This module simply attempts to login to an OpenVAS gsad interface using a specific user/pass. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'OpenVAS gsad Web Interface Login Utility',...

Google Adds Malware Scanner to Jelly Bean 4.2

Google has been taking some steps to address the problem of malware on the Android platform in recent months, introducing the Bouncer antimalware system and some better anti-exploit technologies in Jelly Bean, the most recent version of the operating system. Now, the company is implementing some...

[Spooftooph 0.5.2] Automated spoofing or cloning Bluetooth device

Spooftooph is designed to automate spoofing or cloning Bluetooth device Name, Class, and Address. Cloning this information effectively allows Bluetooth device to hide in plain site. Bluetooth scanning software will only list one of the devices if more than one device in range shares the same devi...

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Security Improvements overview

Google is bringing a host of new features to its Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system designed to increase productivity, creativity and peace of mind and some very promising security improvements including: client side malware protection, Security Enhanced Linux, and always-on VPN. Most...

Make your website Safe for Online Buyers with Qualys SECURE Seal

The number one concern of Internet users is that a web site will keep personal information safe and secure. If you are a site owner, giving importance to security is not only for your own protection but for your users' as well. Despite you have the right to set contents to your contracts and term...

AVG Anti-Virus 'hcp://' Protocol Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The host is installed with AVG Anti-Virus and is prone to remote code execution vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbavgantivirusremotecodeexecvuln.nasl 5956 2017-04-14 09:02:12Z teissa $ AVG Anti-Virus 'hcp://' Protocol Handler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Authors: Madhuri D...

AVG Anti-Virus 'hcp://' Protocol Handler RCE Vulnerability

AVG Anti-Virus is prone to a remote code execution RCE vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE =...

Open Source Web Server Scanner: NIkto

Nikto is an Open Source GPL web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1250 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers. It also checks for...

Research Shows Half of All Androids Contain Known Vulnerabilities

About half of all Android phones contain at least one vulnerability that could be used to take control of the device, according to new research. Duo Security, which launched a free vulnerability scanning app for Android this summer, said their preliminary data from users shows a huge number of th...

Google buys Online Malware Multi Scanner VirusTotal

Google on Friday said it acquired online virus-scanning service, VirusTotal, a provider of a free service that detects computer viruses and other malicious software in files and websites. VirusTotal, company based in Spain with only a handful of employees, performs the free service by pooling dat...