Microsoft Releases September 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, elevation of privilege...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco WebEx Players

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco WebEx Recording Format WRF and Advanced Recording Format ARF Players. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. US-CERT encourages users...

Fear of NSA PRISM : Indian Government may ban US email services for official communication

The Indian Government is planning to ban the use of US based email services like Gmail for official communications to increase the security of confidential government information. The recent disconcerting reports that that India was being spied upon by American intelligence agencies has opened an...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Secure Access Control Server ACS versions 4.0 through 4.2.1.15. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is only present when Cisco ACS is configur...

Spear-Phishing E-mail with Missing Children Theme

The FBI is aware of a spear-phishing e-mail appearing as if it were sent from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The subject of the e-mail is "Search for Missing Children," and a zip file containing three malicious files is attached. E-mail recipients should always treat link...

New Police Ransomware 'Browlock' targeting users in US, Canada and UK

What would you do if a European Cybercrime Agency locked your PC until you paid a fine? A new Police Ransomware family dubbed Trojan:HTML/Browlock by F-secure Antivirus firm, known as Browlock, which spreads by tricking unsuspecting web surfers into believing the police are after them. Ransomware...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2862973 impacting applications and services using certificates with the MD5 hashing algorithm. Usage of the MD5 hash algorithm in certificates could allow an attacker to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. US-CERT...

NHTSA Website Back Online After Hack

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration restored its servers yesterday, 10 days after an attack knocked the agency’s website offline. The government agency confirmed last Tuesday that 10 of its servers had been hacked in early August after it received an alert from the United States...

Criminals rapidly migrating to new digital Currency 'Perfect Money' after Liberty Reserve takedown

There are so many ways to move money anonymously on the Internet and US Justice Department has declared war on currencies widely used by cyber criminals. Just after the Law Enforcement in 17 countries shuts down 'Liberty Reserve', a $6 billion digital money laundering operation, now the criminals...

OpenX Releases Security Update

OpenX has released an important security update for OpenX Source, the open source ad serving product. The downloadable ZIP archive of OpenX Source 2.8.10 was compromised to include a backdoor that would allow an attacker to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code. Compromised OpenX Source ad server...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the Cisco TelePresence System. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to access the web server via a user account created with default credentials, which gives the attacker full administrative rights to the system. US-CE...

Chinese Hackers Caught by US water control system Honeypots

A notorious Chinese hacker collective known as APT1 or Comment Crew, possibly linked to the Chinese Army, have been caught red handed breaking into a fake United States water control system i.e. known as a Honeypot. Kyle Wilhoit, a researcher with security company Trend Micro has just revealed th...

Google Releases Google Chrome 28.0.1500.95

Google has released Google Chrome 28.0.1500.95 for Chrome Frame, Linux, Mac, and Windows to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to bypass intended restrictions or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

Recent Reports of DHS-Themed Ransomware (UPDATE)

US-CERT has received reports of increased activity concerning an apparently DHS-themed ransomware malware infection occurring in the wild. Users who are being targeted by the ransomware receive a message claiming that use of their computer has been suspended and that the user must pay a fine to...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories

Cisco has released two security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco...

Oracle Releases July 2013 Security Advisory

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2013 to address 89 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 6 for Oracle Database Server 21 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 1 for Oracle Hyperion 2 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 7...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.7.0-ibm (RHSA-2013:1060)

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2013:1059)

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.7.0-ibm security update

Updated java-1.7.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...