Potential WikiLeaks Phishing Scams

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of phishing scams and malware campaigns related to topics that are of high-interest to the U.S. Government or news media, such as the WikiLeaks website. Users' systems have been compromised by receiving and accessing phishing emails with subject lines tha...

Image Of the Day: The Internet Hijack That Wasn't?

Reports surfaced last week about an incident dating back to April, 2010 that involved the suspicious rerouting of Internet traffic through infrastructure belonging to a telecommunications carrier in China. Originally reported within technical circles in April, the incident simmered within the sma...

Apple Releases iOS 4.2

Apple has released iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, initiate a call, cause a denial-of-service condition, gain system privileges, or obtain sensitive information...

Apple Patches Safari Browser Holes

Apple on Thursday issued updates for its Safari Web browser to fix more than two dozen vulnerabilities that left the browser open to Web-based attacks. The company released Safari versions 5.0.3 and 4.1.3 for Mac OS X and Windows XP SP2, Vista and Windows 7. The updated versions fix 27 reported...

Apple Releases Safari 5.0.3 and 4.1.3

Apple has released Safari 5.0.3 and 4.1.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Safari and WebKit packages. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT4455...

Adobe Releases Security Updates for Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released security updates for Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. These updates address multiple vulnerabilities including those described in security advisory APSA10-05, a recent Adobe PSIRT blog entry, and security bulletin APSB10-26. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities ma...

MOXA Device Manager Tool 2.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'MOXA Device Manager Tool 2.1 Buffer Overflow', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in MOXA MDM Tool 2.1. When sending ...

Wyse Rapport Hagent Fake Hserver Command Execution

Wyse Rapport Hagent Fake Hserver Command Execution. CVE-2009-0695. Remote exploits for multiple platform $Id: hagentuntrustedhsdata.rb 10998 2010-11-11 22:43:22Z jduck $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Media Server

Adobe has released Flash Media Server 4.0.1, 3.5.5, and 3.0.7 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe security bulletin APSB10-27 and apply appropriate updates to help...

Insecure Loading of Dynamic Link Libraries in Windows Applications

US-CERT is aware of a class of vulnerabilities related to how some Windows applications may load external dynamic link libraries DLLs. When an application loads a DLL without specifying a fully qualified path name, Windows will attempt to locate the DLL by searching a defined set of directories. ...

Microsoft Releases November Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Forefront United Access Gateway as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated privileges. US-CER...

The Difficulty of Surveillance Crowdsourcing

Internet Eyes is a U.K. startup designed to crowdsource digital surveillance. People pay a small fee to become a “Viewer.” Once they do, they can log onto the site and view live anonymous feeds from surveillance cameras at retail stores. If they notice someone shoplifting, they can alert the stor...

Cisco Releases Vulnerability Alert for Intelligent Contact Manager

Cisco has released a vulnerability alert to inform users of a vulnerability affecting the Intelligent Contact Manager Setup Manager. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the vulnerability alert and consider...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Microsoft security advisory 2458511 to alert users of a vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Internet Explorer. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Update: Microsoft has released two Fix it tools in Microsoft Support article...

FBI Arrest Over 100, Uncovers Cyber Crime Ring

The FBI announced last week that it had busted a major international cyber crime network after arresting more than 90 suspected members of the ring in the US alone. The FBI said that the suspects worked as so-called mules for hackers, who were based in Eastern Europe and used malware to hack US...

U.S. Court Finds Two Russian Hackers Guilty of $1.3 Million Bank Fraud

A US court has found two Russian hackers guilty of bank fraud, involving over $1.3 million. The investigation revealed that the fraudsters broke into computer systems of various companies and used the obtained banking data to steal money from their bank accounts. Authorities believe the fraudster...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update for Shockwave Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe security bulletin APSB10-25 and apply any necessary updates to help...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat

Adobe has released a security advisory to alert users of a vulnerability affecting the following applications: Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris Adobe Flash Player 10.1.95.2 and earlier for Android Adobe Reader 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for...

File Sharing Site LimeWire Shut Down Following Injunction

Long a treasure trove for free illegal music, file-sharing website LimeWire was ordered to shut its doors Tuesday after receiving an injunction from the U.S. district court of New York. The ruling specifically mandated Lime Group, the operators of LimeWire, to disable its searching, downloading,...

Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 Vulnerability

Mozilla has released a blog entry indicating that it is aware of a critical vulnerability affecting Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.6. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The blog entry indicates that active exploitation of this vulnerability has been detected. Update: T...