WTF? Twitter Hit By Another Worm

Another week, another fast-moving Twitter attack. Just days after engineers stamped out a nasty cross site scripting hole in the company’s Web page, the company had to contend with a worm that used an attack called “cross site request forgery” to post salacious messages and malicious links on...

Sophos: Хакеры снова атакуют Twitter

Социальная сеть Twitter снова подверглась хакерской атаке. На этот раз ее атаковали со стороны RSS-каналов. Злоумышленники разместили непристойные сообщения в новостных лентах пользователей, а также вставили ссылки на свои ресурсы, где размещено вредоносное программное обеспечение. По данным...

Mozilla Firefox CSS font-face Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Exploit for windows platform in category dos / poc ================================================================= Mozilla Firefox CSS font-face Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ================================================================= Title : Mozilla Firefox CSS font-face Remote Cod...

Microsoft Cinepak Codec CVDecompress - Heap Overflow (MS10-055)

''' | / |/ \ /\ | | | | \ | \ / | | | | / \ | | | | | | | |/| | | | |/ /\ | | | | | | | | || / \ || | | | || ||// \/|/ http://www.exploit-db.com/moaub-26-microsoft-cinepak-codec-cvdecompress-heap-overflow-ms10-055/ ''' ''' Title : Microsoft Cinepak Codec CVDecompress Heap Overflow Version :...

After Twitter Hack, NY Times Debates Social Network Security

In the wake of a high profile though harmless cross site scripting attack launched from Twitter.com’s Web site, the New York Times is sponsoring a debate about the security of online social networks that offers some harsh criticism of the micro blogging site. The Gray Lady pulled together top nam...

Twitter Closes Web Hole After Attack Hits Up to 500,000

UPDATE: Engineers at social network Twitter.com plugged a vulnerability in the company’s main Web page after attacks that exploited the hole may have hit more than 500,000 users. The security hole was patched at about 9:45 AM ET, according to a post by Del Harvey @delbius, the head of Twitter’s...

Persistent XSS Bug on Twitter Exploited by Worm

UPDATE— Within an hour of reports surfacing about a cross-site scripting bug on the Twitter home page, a worm exploiting the bug was released on the site. However, engineers at Twitter have repaired the bug and say that it no longer should be exploitable. The bug appeared Tuesday morning and...

Twitter Botnet Discovered in Mexico

Security researchers have discovered another botnet that uses Twitter as a command and control channel. Read the full article. The Register...

The Week in Security: Gov2.0, DLL Patches and When Social Media Attacks!

Summer may have reached its unofficial end with the Labor Day holiday, but there was no break from security news this week, as both the Gov 2.0 Conference in Washington D.C. and a raft of warnings and patches from leading vendors kept the heat on high. We all know the Internet started as a U.S...

Month Of Abysssec Undisclosed Bugs - HP OpenView NNM

''' | / |/ \ /\ | | | | \ | \ / | | | | / \ | | | | | | | |/| | | | |/ /\ | | | | | | | | || / \ || | | | || ||// \/|/ ''' ''' Title : HP OpenView NNM webappmon.exe execvpnc Remote Code Execution Version : OpenView Network Node Manager 7.53 Analysis : http://www.abysssec.com Vendor :...

Attackers Target Twitter XSS Bug

A dangerous XSS bug surfaced on Twitter on Monday, and researchers have seen active exploits for the bug, which allows an attacker to steal the session cookie of a Twitter user with a simple click-and-you’re-owned technique. Experts say that the attacks seem to be emanating from domains in Brazil...

Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Remote Command Execution Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits ======================================================= Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Remote Command Execution Exploit ======================================================= Title : Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder Division By Zero Version :...

Microsoft Movie Maker - Remote Code Execution (MS10-016)

Microsoft Movie Maker - Remote Code Execution MS10-016 ''' | / |/ \ /\ | | | | \ | \ / | | | | / \ | | | | | | | |/| | | | |/ /\ | | | | Day 4 | | | | || / \ || | | | || ||// \/|/ http://www.exploit-db.com/movie-maker-remote-code-execution-ms10-016/...

Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player (newclass) invalid pointer

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits ================================================================ Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player newclass invalid pointer ================================================================ Title : Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player...

Искусство зомбирования: азбука создания неугоняемых ботнетов.

Популярность бот-сетей приносит новую волну на черный рынок. Спектр услуг ограничивается лишь фантазией создателя бота: начиная от назойливого спама, который проходит через антиспам-фильтры, как нож сквозь масло, и заканчивая сервисом сбора кредитных карт в промышленных масштабах. Посмотрим на...

TweetDeck Scam Uses Fake Update As Lure

Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package. Read the full article. The Register...

Windows 7 / Vista Backup Utility sdclt.exe fveapi.dll DLL Hijacking

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits =================================================================== Windows 7 / Vista Backup Utility sdclt.exe fveapi.dll DLL Hijacking =================================================================== / Windows 7 and Vista Backup Utility...

Phishing pages

Be careful what links you click on. URL shortening services like bit.ly are doing a “great job” masking the final destination of your click. You can unwittingly land on a server which is hosting phishing sites or pages distributing malware. Cybercriminals have made Twitter their favorite phishing...

By Stefan Tanase

In general, a lack of user education and strong policies regarding online security often lead to undesirable events. Whether you manage an official Twitter account or a personal one, you should know how Twitter accounts get hacked so you can protect yourself. Here are some methods:...

ZDI-10-163: Adobe Shockwave Director tSAC Chunk Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-163: Adobe Shockwave Director tSAC Chunk Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-163 August 24, 2010 -- CVE ID: CVE-2010-2874 -- CVSS: 10, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C -- Affected Vendors: Adobe -- Affected Products: Adobe Shockwave Play...