Macro-Enabled Malware Making a Comeback

Malware that uses macros as part of its infection method has been around for more than a decade, and was one of the first major techniques to drive changes at software vendors such as Microsoft. The tactic has been making a comeback of late, and Microsoft is seeing a major spike in the volume of...

wordpress -- multiple vulnerabilities

Gary Pendergast reports: WordPress 4.1.2 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.1.1 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could...

Why You Should Enroll In Cyber Security Awareness Training

When it comes to cyber security, even big organizations lack the basic knowledge of how to protect company’s data from the outside. Everyday businesses are facing the threat of phishing, ransomware, data breaches and malware attacks that not only results in millions of dollars losses, but also...

Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Identified in Banking Vendors

In hopes of bolstering security, banks in New York over the next several weeks want to enact new regulations for any third party vendors they do business with. A report released last week pointed out that one in three N.Y. banks don’t require their vendors to notify them in the event they...

IC3 Issues Alert for Fake Government Websites

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert that warns consumers of fraudulent government-services websites that mimic legitimate ones. Scam operators lure consumers to these fraudulent websites in order to steal their personal identifiable information PII and collect fees for...

Dyre Wolf Banking Malware Stole More Than $1 Million

Security researchers have uncovered an active cyber attack campaign that has successfully stolen more than $1 Million from a variety of targeted enterprise organizations using spear phishing emails, malware and social engineering tricks. The campaign, dubbed "The Dyre Wolf" by researchers from...

IBM Outs Dyre Wolf Campaign Steals $1 Million

The Dyre banking Trojan‘s ascension to the top of the financial malware food chain took a massive leap forward in the first three months of 2015. Already spreading a damaging piece of malware that targets corporate bank accounts, the Eastern European keepers of Dyre recently upped their social...

Multicast DNS Vulnerability Could Lead to DDOS Amplification

The Department of Homeland Security sponsored CERT at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday released an advisory warning infrastructure providers of a vulnerability in Multicast DNS, or mDNS, that could leak device information that could be leveraged in high volume DDoS amplification attacks. “I...

Updated drupal packages fix security vulnerabilities

Password reset URLs can be forged under certain circumstances, allowing an attacker to gain access to another user's account without knowing the account's password CVE-2015-2559. Under certain circumstances, malicious users can construct a URL that will trick users into being redirected to a 3rd...

MGASA-2015-0121 Updated drupal packages fix security vulnerabilities

Password reset URLs can be forged under certain circumstances, allowing an attacker to gain access to another user's account without knowing the account's password CVE-2015-2559. Under certain circumstances, malicious users can construct a URL that will trick users into being redirected to a 3rd...

Mapbox: Logging a user into attacker's account using password reset link

On March 26th, 2015 @shahmeer-amir reported an issue with the password reset flow for www.mapbox.com that required social engineering to exploit. We patched the issue and awarded a bounty on April 7th, 2015. Please note that this was not related to denial of service or the institution of an accou...

drupal: multiple issues

CVE-2015-2559 access bypass Password reset URLs can be forged under certain circumstances, allowing an attacker to gain access to another user's account without knowing the account's password. In Drupal 7, this vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that it can only be exploited on sites where...

Airties Air5650TT Modem Cross Site Scripting

Airties Air5650TT Modem Web Interface Reflected XSS Vulnerability My + Discovered by: KnocKout Contact : [email protected] HomePage : http://h4x0resec.blogspot.com Love to = KedAns-Dz & UnDeRTaKeR & BARCOD3 & Septemb0x & ZoRLu milw00rm.com Software info |Hardware/Web App : Airties |Affected...

Websense Appliance Manager - Command Injection

Abstract A command injection vulnerability was found in Websense Appliance Manager that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the appliance. This issue can be combined with other vulnerabilities, like Cross-Site Scripting, to perform a remote unauthenticated attacks to compromise the...

netool.sh - MitM Pentesting Opensource T00lkit

netool.sh toolkit provides a fast and easy way For new arrivals to IT security pentesting and also to experience users to use allmost all features that the Man-In-The-Middle can provide under local lan, since scanning, sniffing and social engeneering attacks "spear phishing attacks"... DESCRIPTIO...

MikroTik RouterOS Cross Site Request Forgery

MikroTik RouterOS v5.0 Admin Password Change CSRF Vulnerability by @SymbianSyMoh What is MikroTik RouterOS?! MikroTik RouterOS is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, known as the MikroTik RouterOS. Installed on the company's proprietary hardware RouterBOARD series, or on standard...

Dridex Banking Trojan Spreading Via Macros in XML Files

Not long ago, criminals pushing the Dridex banking Trojan were using Microsoft Excel documents spiked with a malicious macro as a phishing lure to entice victims to load the malware onto their machines. Even though macros are disabled by default inside most organizations, the persistent hackers a...

FTC Details the Top 10 Imposter Scams of 2014

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an advisory describing the top 10 reported imposter scams for 2014. Scam operators often impersonate individuals, companies, and organizations to entice targets to participate in fraudulent financial transactions. Users are encouraged to review the FT...

Pharming Attack Targets Home Router DNS Settings

Pharming attacks are generally network-based intrusions where the ultimate goal is to redirect a victim’s web traffic to a hacker-controlled webserver, generally through a malicious modification of DNS settings. Some of these attacks, however, are starting to move to the web and have their...

Desert Falcons: First Arabic Cyberespionage Operation Uncovered

CANCUN, Mexico — A Middle Eastern cyberespionage gang is capitalizing on subpar security practices in the region to backdoor a mix of business, political and military targets. Dubbed Desert Falcons, the gang is thought to be the first Arabic APT operation, according to researchers at Kaspersky La...