Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Flash Player

Adobe has released a security bulletin for Adobe Flash Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect Adobe Flash Player 11.4.402.278 and earlier versions for Windows, Adobe Flash Player 11.4.402.265 and earlier versions for Macintosh, Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.238 and...

Microsoft Releases October Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, Server Software, Office, and Lync as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for October 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service...

Android Malware can now steal 3D Model Of Your Location

It's a fact that as smartphones get more capable, the possibilities for their misuse also increase. They're already exploited by crooks to swipe personal information, but a new Android app created by the U.S. Navy is on another level entirely. It's a scary piece of malware called "PlaceRaider" th...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin About Code Signing Certificate

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address an issue with a current Adobe code signing certificate. The certificate to be revoked has been used to sign malicious code. The certificate will be revoked on October 4, 2012 for all software code signed after July 10, 2012. Adobe is issuing a new...

'Historic' DDoS Attacks Against Major U.S. Banks Continue

PNC Bank appears, as promised, to be the latest victim of hacktivists carrying out denial-of-service attacks against major U.S. financial services institutions. PNC, out of Pittsburgh, joins Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America on a list of banks taken offline reportedly by a...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2757760 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7 , 8, and 9. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses specially crafted HTML documents e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachmen...

US-CERT Alert TA12-262A - Microsoft Security Advisory for Internet Explorer Exploit

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Awareness System US-CERT Alert TA12-262A Microsoft Security Advisory for Internet Explorer Exploit Original release date: September 18, 2012 Last revised: -- Systems Affected Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8...

Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy

The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...

US Creations Web Services CMS Cross Site Scripting

Exploit Title: US Creations Web Services CMS Cross Site Scripting Google Dork: "Powered By: US Creations Web Services" Date: 9/7/2012 Author: Ajax Security Team Discovered By: Crim3R Home: WwW.AjaxTm.CoM Vendor Software: http://www.us-creations.com/ Version: All Version Category:: webapps Tested...

Microsoft Releases September Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Development Tools and Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for September 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to operate with elevated privileges. US-CERT encourages users and...

Chorus Grows Louder to Disable Java 7 After Exploit Hits Mainstream

More security researchers are recommending users disable the current version of Java after zero-day exploits gained traction in the Web world. Patrick Runald, director of security research for Websense, told PC World today that his team had uncovered more than 100 infected domains – a figure...

US-CERT Releases Oracle Java JRE 1.7 Security Advisory

US-CERT has released Vulnerability Note VU636312 to address a vulnerability in Oracle Java Runtime Environment JRE 1.7. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Vulnerability Note VU636312. Thi...

Malware Campaigns Impersonating U.S. Government Agencies

US-CERT is aware of multiple malware campaigns impersonating multiple U.S. government agencies, including the United States Cyber Command USCYBERCOM and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. Once installed on a system, the malware displays a screen claiming that a Federal Government agency has...

Microsoft Releases August Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, SQL Server, Server Software, Developer Tools, and Exchange Server as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for August 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for July 2012

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for July 2012 to address 87 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 4 for Oracle Database Server 1 for Oracle Application Express Listener 2 for Oracle Secure Backup 22 for Oracle Fusion Middleware ...

Siemens Simatic S7-300/400 CPU START/STOP Module

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits Exploit Title: Siemens Simatic S7 300/400 CPU command module Date: 7-13-2012 Exploit Author: Dillon Beresford Vendor Homepage: http://www.siemens.com/ Tested on: Siemens Simatic S7-300 PLC CVE : None require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories for TelePresence

Cisco has released security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following products: Cisco TelePresence Manager Cisco TelePresence Recoding Server Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Cisco TelePresence Immersive Endpoint System These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker ...

Microsoft Releases a Security Advisory for Microsoft Digital Certificates

Microsoft has released security advisory 2728973 to replace a number of certificates that did not meet Microsoft's high standard of Public-Key Infrastructure PKI management. This update places the intermediate certificate authority CA certificates in the Untrusted Certificate Store and replaces...

Microsoft Releases July Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Developer Tools, and Server Software as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin summary for July 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attack to execute arbitrary code, operate with...

Library of Congress Owned

There are a number of US government branches, offices, and agencies that, by their very nature, have giant targets painted on their computer networks. America’s national library would not seem to be among that lot, but alas, not even the Library of Congress could escape the ire of hackers this...