Microsoft Protects User Accounts with New Security Features

Microsoft announced yesterday that it will complement the two-factor authentication it enabled for account holders in April with additional security features designed to deny account hijacking and unauthorized access. Windows PC and mobile users, along with Outlook, SkyDrive, Xbox, Skype and othe...

Comodo Internet Security Race Condition Vulnerability-03

Comodo Internet Security is prone to race condition vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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 ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: curl-7.29.0-7.fc19

curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporti ng FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, I MAP, SMTP, POP3 and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies,...

iOS 7 Beta Vulnerable to Screen-Lock Bypass

An iPhone user in Spain who downloaded the beta version of Apple iOS 7, which was made available Monday, was able to bypass its screen-lock security feature. The revamped mobile operating system was unveiled by the Cupertino, California technology giant last week at its annual World Wide Develope...

Evernote Two-Factor Authentication for Paid Accounts

Cloud-based note taking service Evernote this week pushed out three new security features including two-factor authentication for some users’ accounts in hopes of adding an extra layer of protection. The service is among the latest to hop on the two-step verification bandwagon, following Amazon...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: curl-7.27.0-8.fc18

curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporti ng FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, I MAP, SMTP, POP3 and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies,...

Apple Releases iOS 6.1.3

Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 for the iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch 4th generation or later, and iPad 2 or later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges, bypass security features or execute arbitrary code. US-CERT...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities. Firefox 19.0 Firefox ESR 17.0.3 Thunderbird 17.0.3 Thunderbird ESR 17.0.3 SeaMonkey 2.16 These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security features, o...

NETGEAR DGN1000B - Multiple Vulnerabilities

NETGEAR DGN1000B - Multiple Vulnerabilities Device Name: DGN1000B Vendor: Netgear ============ Vulnerable Firmware Releases: ============ Firmwareversion: V1.1.00.24 Firmwareversion: V1.1.00.45 Download: http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/de/product/DGN1000 ============ Device Description:...

Linksys WRT54GL 1.1 XSS / OS Command Injection

Device Name: Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 Vendor: Linksys/Cisco ============ Vulnerable Firmware Releases: ============ Firmware Version: 4.30.15 build 2, 01/20/2011 ============ Device Description: ============ The Router lets you access the Internet via a wireless connection, broadcast at up to 54 Mbps...

Linksys WRT54GL Firmware 4.30.15 build 2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Linksys WRT54GL Firmware 4.30.15 build 2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Device Name: Linksys WRT54GL v1.1 Vendor: Linksys/Cisco ============ Vulnerable Firmware Releases: ============ Firmware Version: 4.30.15 build 2, 01/20/2011 ============ Device Description: ============ The Router lets you acces...

Microsoft security bulletins for December 2012

With the release of the Microsoft security bulletins for December 2012, Company flag total 7 updates for Windows users, where one is rated as critical that could lead to remote code execution, where as other two are rated as important which fix flaws that could result in the operating system's...

Necurs Rootkit infect 83,427 machines in November

Rootkit named as "Necurs" infect 83,427 unique machines during the month of November 2012. It is a multi-purpose rootkits capable of posing a threat to both 32 and 64-bit Windows systems. Distributed via drive-by download on the websites that host the BlackHole exploit kit. Like other rootkits it...

Google Launches Private Android App Stores

Malicious apps have emerged as perhaps the most serious threat to mobile devices at the moment, and the major players, such as Apple and Google, have tried several different methods of preventing them from getting into their app stores and into the hands of users. Now, Google is taking one more...

Webwork direct method invocation can bypass validatingStack through Action aliases

panel:bgColor=e7f4fa NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report|http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27294. panel WebWork supports the concept of action aliases, which allow a single action class to serve requests mapping to...

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...

Phishing mail offering free version of Windows 8

--- Image Credit : Sophos Microsoft committed itself a Trustworthy Computing program, each new version of Windows has introduced new security features and significantly improved its security posture, whereas phisher took advantage of this new exclusive release. Sophos noticed a mail pretending to...

Debian DSA-2514-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox. The included XULRunner library provides rendering services for several other applications included in Debian. - CVE-2012-1948 Benoit Jacob, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, and Bill McCloskey identified...

Debian DSA-2488-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Iceweasel, a web browser based on Firefox. The included XULRunner library provides rendering services for several other applications included in Debian. - CVE-2012-1937 Mozilla developers discovered several memory corruption bugs, which may lead to...

ATA interface software may not properly handle ATA security features

Overview ATA interface software, including multiple system board BIOS implementations do not adequately manage the ATA hard drive security mode. An attacker may be able to manipulate this situation to completely lock a hard drive resulting in an almost unrecoverable denial-of-service condition...