Android Also Gives Google Remote App Installation Power

The remote-wipe capability that Google recently invoked to remove a harmless application from some Android phones isn’t the only remote control feature that the company built into its mobile OS. It turns out that Android also includes a feature that enables Google to remotely install apps on user...

Security Programs Focusing Too Much on Compliance, Study Finds

Enterprises are spending huge amounts of money on compliance programs related to PCI-DSS, HIPAA and other regulations, but those funds may be misdirected in light of the priorities of most information security programs, a new study has found. A paper by Forrester Research, commissioned by Microso...

Ubuntu Update for openoffice.org vulnerabilities USN-903-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-903-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9031.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for openoffice.org vulnerabilities USN-903-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : openoffice.org vulnerabilities (USN-903-1)

It was discovered that the XML HMAC signature system did not correctly check certain lengths. If an attacker sent a truncated HMAC, it could bypass authentication, leading to potential privilege escalation. CVE-2009-0217 Sebastian Apelt and Frank Reissner discovered that OpenOffice did not...

NSA to Senate: '3 Steps Should Thwart 80% of Attacks'

Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, according to a senior National Security Agency official. Richard Schaeffer Jr., the NSA’s information assurance director, told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Terrorism...

Is It Time to Stop Password Masking?

From SANS AppSec Street Fighter Blog Jason Montgomery I just ran across Jakob Nielsen‘s Alert Box post titled Stop Password Masking and wanted to provide some feedback from a security vs. usability perspective. I have great respect for Nielsen’s contribution to the usability of the web. Back in t...

MasterCard to Require On-Site Audits for Small Shops

From Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan In a move that is unlikely to sit well with many merchants, MasterCard has quietly changed a key security requirement for all businesses handling between 1 million and 6 million card transactions annually. Starting Dec 31, 2010 companies that fall into this...

FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities (78f456fd-9c87-11dd-a55e-00163e000016)

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports : Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to bypass Flash Player security controls. Adobe recommends user...

linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports: Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to bypass Flash Player security controls. Adobe recommends users...

CVE-2005-2932

Multiple Check Point Zone Labs ZoneAlarm products before 7.0.362, including ZoneAlarm Security Suite 5.5.062.004 and 6.5.737, use insecure default permissions for critical files, which allows local users to gain privileges or bypass security controls...

Code injection

QuickTime for Java in Apple Quicktime before 7.2 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to disable security controls and execute arbitrary code via crafted Java applets...

Code injection

The design of QuickTime for Java in Apple Quicktime before 7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass certain security controls and write to process memory via Java applets, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution...

CVE-2007-2397

QuickTime for Java in Apple Quicktime before 7.2 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to disable security controls and execute arbitrary code via crafted Java applets...

CVE-2007-2397

CVE-2007-2397 affects QuickTime for Java in Apple QuickTime prior to 7.2. The vulnerability arises because QuickTime for Java does not properly enforce permissions, allowing remote attackers to disable security controls and execute arbitrary code via crafted Java applets. Connected sources confir...

CVE-2007-2397

QuickTime for Java in Apple Quicktime before 7.2 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to disable security controls and execute arbitrary code via crafted Java applets...

CVE-2007-2393

CVE-2007-2393 affects Apple QuickTime, specifically the QuickTime for Java component, prior to version 7.2. The vulnerability arises from a design flaw in the Java handling that allows remote attackers to bypass security controls and write to process memory via Java applets, potentially enabling ...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

The Linux Access Gateway in Novell Access Manager before 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1 RC1 allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified security controls via Fullwidth/Halfwidth Unicode encoded data in a HTTP POST request...

CVE-2007-3570

The Linux Access Gateway in Novell Access Manager before 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1 RC1 allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified security controls via Fullwidth/Halfwidth Unicode encoded data in a HTTP POST request...

CVE-2007-3570

The CVE-2007-3570 issue affects the Linux Access Gateway component of Novell Access Manager prior to 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified security controls by sending Fullwidth/Halfwidth Unicode encoded data in an HTTP POST request. Document...

CVE-2007-3570

The Linux Access Gateway in Novell Access Manager before 3.0 SP1 Release Candidate 1 RC1 allows remote attackers to bypass unspecified security controls via Fullwidth/Halfwidth Unicode encoded data in a HTTP POST request...