Google Releases Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 33.0.1750.149 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities, some of which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome release blog ent...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address important vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.70 or earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.341 or earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could compromise data security in a user...

Edward Snowden at SXSW Conference: Would I do this again?, I Would!

The Whistleblower and Former National Security Agency NSA contractor Edward Snowden raised his voice and talked about citizen’s privacy once again. Yes, Snowden, whose leaks last year triggered debate on the massive surveillance conducted by the Government worldwide. In an interview, speaking via...

Google Releases Update for Chrome

Google has released Google Chrome 33.0.1750.146 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities, some of which could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to compromise a vulnerable system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Release blog ent...

Apple Releases Safari 6.1.2 and Safari 7.0.2

Apple has released Safari 6.1.2 and 7.0.2 for OS X to address multiple vulnerabilities in WebKit. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT614...

Apple Releases QuickTime 7.7.5

Apple has released QuickTime 7.7.5 for Windows operating systems to address multiple vulnerabilities, which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple Support Article HT6151 and apply any necessary...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Prime Infrastructure Command Execution Vulnerability

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure software versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 2.0 which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root-level privileges. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

Cisco UCS Director Default Credentials Vulnerability

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Cisco Unified Computing System UCS Director. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to take complete control of the affected device due to a default root user account created during installation...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer 9 and 10 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2934088 to address a use-after-free vulnerability in Internet Explorer 9 and 10, which can be used by a remote attacker to take control of a vulnerable system. US-CERT and Microsoft are aware of targeted attacks currently exploiting this vulnerability. Use...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco IPS Software

Cisco has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in the Cisco Intrusion Prevention Software IPS. These vulnerabilities affect multiple versions of Cisco IPS Software on multiple platforms and could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition. US-CERT...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44 or earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.336 or earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affected...

CVE-2014-0322: Internet Explorer zero-day exploit targets US Military Intelligence

Hackers are using a zero day vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer IE web browser and targeting US military personnels in an active attack campaign, dubbed as 'Operation Snowman'. FireEye Researchers have discovered that a U.S. veterans website was compromised to serve a zero day exploit...

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...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. US-CERT recommends that users a...

IBM developing Self-Destructing Microchips for US Defense

Science Fiction Movies always show the possible direction of the development of technology and gives us the opportunity to think about it. The U.S. Government is also trying to develop such technology that was introduced in movies like Star Trek and TERMINATOR i.e. Self destructing Network of...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities: Firefox 27 Firefox ESR 24.3 Thunderbird 24.3 Seamonkey 2.24 These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass intended access restrictions, cause a...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.43 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.335 and earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affect...

Google Releases Google Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 32.0.1700.102 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or bypass intended security restrictions. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

Infamous hacker "Guccifer" arrested in Romania; charged with multiple cyber crimes

"Guccifer" arrested in Romania, the infamous hacker who was responsible for breaching the social media and email accounts of numerous high profile US and Romanian Politicians. Romanian authorities collaborated with US services to catch him and the officers of the Directorate for Investigating...