RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2014:0133-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Snapchat user accounts vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack

Snapchat, a Smartphone application that lets users share snapshots with friends is catching fire among teenagers. It was first hacked in December when 4.6 million Snapchat users were exposed in a database breach. Later, the denial-of-service attack and CAPTCHA Security bypass were discovered by...

EE Patches Two of Three Brightbox Vulnerabilities

Everything Everywhere has released patches for a pair of vulnerabilities discovered by a UK researcher, but have yet to fix a risky cross-site request forgery flaw that could result in traffic sent from the home and small business router being redirected to a malicious site. Scott Helme, an...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2014:0097 centos5

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: jasperreports-server-pro security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An updated jasperreports-server-pro package that fixes two security issues, several bugs, and adds various enhancements is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

Oracle Patches 36 Java Flaws in January 2014 CPU

All has been relatively quiet of late on the Java security front, which is in stark contrast to a year ago when Java was the scourge of the Internet. Vulnerabilities in Java were being exploited at an alarming rate in a number of targeted attacks including watering hole attacks against prominent...

USN-2071-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dave Jones and Vince Weaver reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's per event subsystem that allows normal users to enable function tracing. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from the kernel. CVE-2013-2930 Stephan Mueller reported an erro...

RedHat Update for nss, nspr, and nss-util RHSA-2013:1829-01

Check for the Version of nss, nspr, and nss-util OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for nss, nspr, and nss-util RHSA-2013:1829-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute...

Instagram Photo Upload and Flattr Money Redirection Vulnerability

Affected app: Instagram Android/iOS Affected versions: 4.0.2, 4.1.2 and 4.2.7, probably also earlier versions affected. Summary Last year and earlier this year some vulnerabilities in Instagram Android/iOS were discovered, which give an attacker the ability to like and delete photos in the name o...

Dahua DVR 2.608.0000.0/2.608.GV00.0 - Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)

Dahua DVR Authentication Bypass - CVE-2013-6117 --Summary-- Dahua web-enabled DVRs and rebranded versions do not enforce authentication on their administrative services. Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. http://www.dahuasecurity.com --Affects-- Dahua web-enabled DVRs Dahua-rebranded web-enabled...

Optomise System Ltd XSS / Information Disclosure

OPTOMISE SYSTEM Ltd UK Ministry of Defence and emergency services Full Directory Information Disclosure/ Persistent XSS / Time Line Vulnerability 04-11-2013 Security Advisory 07-11-2013 Ask About the Issues - Not Reponse 14-11-2013 Ask About the Issues- Not Response - Not Fixed 18-11-2013 Full...

Researcher Finds Method to Insert Malicious Firmware Into Currency Validator

If espionage is the world’s second-oldest profession, counterfeiting may be in the running to be third on that list. People have been trying to forge currency for just about as long as currency has been circulating, and anti-counterfeiting methods have tried to keep pace with the state of the art...

CentOS 5 / 6 : postgresql / postgresql84 (CESA-2013:1475)

Updated postgresql and postgresql84 packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed...

DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge Offers $2M to Winners

The bug bounty continues to be turned on its ear. Microsoft began the wave of paying premium money for mitigation technologies via its Blue Hat prizes, and now DARPA has gone all-in to the tune of $2 million for the development of an automated network defense system that not only scans for and...

Google, FireEye Demand Change from Vulna Ad Network

An Android ad library containing a maliciously potent cocktail of features and vulnerabilities is less of a danger to Android users today after Google and the ad network made a series of changes spurred by security firm FireEye’s insistence. Despite fixes from the ad network, updates implemented ...

Months Later, EAS Equipment Still Vulnerable to SSH Bugs

More than three months ago, a researcher from IOActive published details of some serious problems he’d found with equipment used to run the Emergency Alert System, which is used to send out notifications in the case of a natural disaster or other serious situation. The researcher notified the...

Google Fixes Three High-Risk Flaws in Chrome

There is a trio of high-risk security vulnerabilities in Google Chrome that have been patched in a new version of the browser released on Tuesday. The vulnerabilities all are use-after-free bugs, and Google paid a total of $5,000 in rewards to researchers who discovered and reported them. Google...

Defy republic init_runit

A certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless uses init to create a /dev/socket/initrunit socket that listens for shell commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by interacting with a LocalSocket object. Stack-based buffer overflow in the...

Finally, iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner 'TouchID' hacked first by German Hackers

Apple has marketed TouchID both as a convenience and as a security feature. “Your fingerprint is one of the best passwords in the world,” says an Apple promotional video. A European hacker group has announced a simple, replicable method for spoofing Apple’s TouchID fingerprint authentication...

Updated firefox and thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox or Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox or Thunderbird CVE-2013-1718, CVE-2013-1722,...