Microsoft Releases July 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Office, Visual Studio, Lync, Internet Explorer, and Windows Defender as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code executi...

STOP using Facebook and Google and if you fear US spying

Edward Snowden, a former NSA systems analyst, have revealed the NSA's sweeping data collection of U.S. phone records and some Internet traffic and the programs target foreigners and terrorist suspects mostly overseas.According to the Constitution of all countries, capturing and reading emails or...

FAQ: The NSA Metadata and PRISM Programs

The details of extensive government surveillance of U.S. citizens through collection of cell phone metadata, and email and Internet activities through the PRISM program has raised a lot of questions and caused quite a bit of confusion about what’s actually happening. To help users sort through th...

Who Governs The Internet and whose property is it?

The recent exposes and revelations by Edward Snowden about the Top Secret Internet Snooping program currently run by US National Security Agency NSA have shocked the world. The extent of snooping is even more shocking and what has just stunned the world is the sheer name of top Internet companies...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities. Firefox 22.0 Firefox ESR 17.0.7 Thunderbird 17.0.7 Thunderbird ESR 17.0.7 These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and potentially cause a cross-site...

HP System Management Homepage JustGetSNMPQueue Command Injection

No description provided by source. This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core'...

WordPress Update 3.5.2 Patches Seven Vulnerabilities

WordPress, which has been a jumping off point for a number of targeted attacks and other high-profile hacks, has been updated and the latest version includes a number of security patches. Version 3.5.2, released late last week, includes seven security fixes and some additional hardening, accordin...

WordPress Releases Security Update for WordPress 3.5.2

WordPress has released WordPress 3.5.2 for all previous versions to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could potentially enable a remote attacker to cause a cross-site scripting attack, elevation of privilege, or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT recommends users a...

HP System Management Homepage JustGetSNMPQueue Command Injection

This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/framework/ require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 "HP System...

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

Updated java-1.7.0-oracle 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...

Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Announcement - June 2013

Oracle has released a June 2013 Critical Patch Update for Oracle Java SE. This Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities in Oracle Java SE. The update contains 40 new security vulnerability fixes, including a patch for Oracle JavaDoc frame injection...

Digital privacy, Internet Surveillance and The PRISM - Enemies of the Internet

If you have followed the startling revelations about the scope of the US government's surveillance efforts, you may have thought you were reading about the end of privacy, and about the Enemies of the Internet. "My computer was arrested before I was." a perceptive comment by an internet activist...

Cybercriminals using hijacked Cloud hosting accounts for targeted attacks

US Cloud hosting providers are constantly targeted by cyber crime according the revelations of two malware researchers Mary Landesman, a senior security researcher at Cisco Systems, and Dave Monnier security expert at Team Cymru explained during the 2013 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summi...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Security updates are available for the following versions of Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player...

HP System Management Homepage JustGetSNMPQueue Command Injection

This module exploits a vulnerability found in HP System Management Homepage. By supplying a specially crafted HTTP request, it is possible to control the 'tempfilename' variable in function JustGetSNMPQueue found in ginkgosnmp.inc, which will be used in a exec function. Module Options msf use...

Simple PHP Agenda 2.2.8 - 'edit_event.php?eventid' SQL Injection

============================================= WEBERA ALERT ADVISORY 02 - Discovered by: Anthony Dubuissez - Severity: high - CVE Request – 05/06/2013 - CVE Assign – 06/06/2013 - CVE Number – CVE-2013-3961 - Vendor notification – 06/06/2013 - Vendor reply – 10/06/2013 - Public disclosure –...

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This plugins scans every response page to find the strings that are likely to be the US social security numbers. Plugin type Grep Options This plugin doesnt have any user configured options. Source For more information about this plugin and the associated tests, theres always the source code to...

NSA collecting phone records of millions of US citizens daily

The National Security Agency is collecting telephone records for millions of Americans without informing the individuals involved. The shocking news has been revealed by 'Guardian' whose journalists had access to a "Top Secret" court order, signed by Judge Roger Vinson, issued in April against...

China Accuses America of Hacking

The predominant narrative among U.S. officials and security experts is that Chinese hackers, allegedly at the behest of their government, are thoroughly compromising the computer networks of American government, defense, and public sector organizations in order to steal any valuable data. What yo...

Apple Releases OS X 10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002

Apple has released OS X 10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, bypass security controls, or cause denial-of-service conditions. US-CERT encourages users and...