Fedora 20 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20 (2013-15937)

SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .'s - SECURITY: Support for the 'gettoken' parameter to action=block and action=unblock, deprecated since 1.20, has been removed. - SECURITY: Sanitize ResourceLoader exception messages - Purge upstream caches when deleting file assets. - Unit test suite...

Sentry Switched CDU Bruteforce Login Utility

This module scans for ServerTech's Sentry Switched CDU Cabinet Power Distribution Unit web login portals, and performs login brute force to identify valid credentials. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework...

NSA can eavesdrop traffic in Real Time, more PRISM slides leaked

The NSA surveillance program PRISM story was started with four leaked slides from the Washington Post weeks before and today they has revealed four more annotated slides about the NSA operation, along with detailing the various levels of scrutiny from the FBI and NSA that happen before, during an...

HP D2D/StorOnce Storage Unit Backdoor (SSH)

HP D2D/StorOnce Storage Units are prone to a security-bypass 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...

Sixnet Universal Protocol Undocumented Function Codes (Update B)

OVERVIEW This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory titled ICSA-13-231-01A Sixnet Universal Protocol Undocumented Function Codes that was published August 26, 2013, on the ICS-CERT Web page. --------- Begin Update B Part 1 of 1 -------- Researchers Kyle Stone and Mehdi Sabraoui...

At Microsoft, a Sharp Focus on Cybercrime

REDMOND, Wash.–Cybercrime has developed in the last few years into a major concern, not just for the consumers and businesses that are victims, but also for governments around the world. Obama administration officials have called it one of the larger threats to the United States economy. While la...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : tor (MDVSA-2013:132)

Updated tor package fixes security vulnerabilities : Tor before 0.2.2.34, when configured as a client or bridge, sends a TLS certificate chain as part of an outgoing OR connection, which allows remote relays to bypass intended anonymity properties by reading this chain and then determining the se...

Cisco TelePresence Infrastructure Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco TelePresence multipoint control unit MCU and Cisco TelePresence Server contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger the reload of an affected system. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate thi...

Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2013-4199

Check for the Version of rubygem-actionpack OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2013-4199 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Microsoft becomes latest victim of Cyber attack

Microsoft has become the latest victim of to Cyber attack and confirm that small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware. Microsoft added, malicious software used in a cyber attack is very similar to those experienced by Facebook and...

CVE-2013-0153

The AMD IOMMU support in Xen 4.2.x, 4.1.x, 3.3, and other versions, when using AMD-Vi for PCI passthrough, uses the same interrupt remapping table for the host and all guests, which allows guests to cause a denial of service by injecting an interrupt into other guests...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rubygem-actionpack-3.0.11-8.fc17

Eases web-request routing, handling, and response as a half-way front, half-way page controller. Implemented with specific emphasis on enabling ea sy unit/integration testing that doesn't require a browser...

Anonymous hacker arrested for attacking Home Secretary website

In the UK a 41-year-old man has been arrested over a cyber attack on the website of the British Home Secretary Theresa May. He was arrested in a joint operation by Scotland Yard and local officers on Tuesday morning in Wedgewood Road. The man, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of...

Israel preparing their Cyber Army under Unit 8200

The Israeli military has set plans to boost its cyber warfare capabilities with a better Cyber Army by expand its Unit 8200. "It has become clear that the demand for soldiers in this field is growing, which is why we're searching for solutions not only in Israel but abroad as well," a top officer...

Modbus Unit ID and Station ID Enumerator

Modbus is a cleartext protocol used in common SCADA systems, developed originally as a serial-line RS232 async protocol, and later transformed to IP, which is called ModbusTCP. default tcp port is 502. This module sends a command 0x04, read input register to the modbus endpoint. If this command i...

Open-Redirect Vulnerability, Fake Government URLs Duping Users

Spammers have recently taken advantage of an open-redirect vulnerability to phish users and trick them into clicking through links that appear to be coming from government .gov URLs. The scam relies on a malformed series of URLs that appear to be coming from 1.USA.gov, a collaboration between...

Microsoft Settles With Kelihos Botnet Defendant, Says He Didn't Run the Network

Microsoft on Friday said it has reached a settlement with a Russian programmer it named as a defendant in a lawsuit related to the operation of the notorious Kelihos botnet. The company said that it no longer believes Andrey N. Sabelnikov was the operator of the botnet, but was instead responsibl...

Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2012-11363

Check for the Version of rubygem-actionpack OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2012-11363 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...

Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2012-9606

Check for the Version of rubygem-actionpack OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-actionpack FEDORA-2012-9606 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or...