IC3 Warns of Impersonation Scams

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released an alert on impersonation scams. In these schemes, scammers send emails impersonating IC3 to trick recipients into providing personally identifiable information or downloading malicious files. Users should use caution when reviewing unsolicited...

FBI Releases Article on Ransomware

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article addressing the proliferation of ransomware campaigns. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users' access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Individuals and organizations are...

IC3 Releases Alert on Web Site Defacements

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert addressing recently perpetrated Web site defacements. The defacements advertise themselves as associated with the Islamic State in the Levant ISIL a.k.a. Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams ISIS. However, FBI assesses that the perpetrator...

Vulnerability early warning: system privilege escalation Vulnerability, CVE-2 0 1 4-6 3 2 4 affects all versions of Windows Server-the vulnerabilities and early warning-the black bar safety net

Microsoft today released an emergency patch that fixes an affect all versions of Windows Server a serious vulnerability. Today released the MS14-0 6 8 vulnerability patch used to address the Microsoft Windows Kerberos KDC vulnerability that allows hackers to enhance any ordinary user rights becom...

Risks of Exposing the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)

Multiple weaknesses exist in several server platforms employing IPMI. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system or expose sensitive server information. Server administrators are encouraged to review US-CERT Alert TA13-207A and restrict IP...

Security Advisory 0003

Security Advisory 0003 PDF Date: 2/14/2014 Affected Software Version: EOS-4.13.0F through EOS-4.13.1F. Note: Only publicly accessible systems are vulnerable to this attack. Bug 77553: ntpd monlist vulnerability Impact: NTP provides a monitoring service that allows administrators to query an ntpd...

Largest Ever 400Gbps DDoS attack hits Europe uses NTP Amplification

The Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack is the one of favourite weapon for the hackers to temporarily suspend services of a host connected to the Internet and till now nearly every big site had been a victim of this attack. Since 2013, Hackers have adopted new tactics to boost Distributed...

Android AirDroid Flaw Can Lead to XSS, DoS Attacks

A cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability exists in the browser version of AirDroid, a cloud management application for Google’s Android phones. According to an alert from the US-Computer Emergency Readiness Team US-CERT, at the current time, there is no patch planned and there is no logical...