Another Year, Another Round of Hacks

On the Fourth of July last year, we published a slideshow of 10 hacks targeting US government-affiliated networks. It’s a year later, and, oddly enough, people have continued to attack government networks. Such hacks are unsurprising, in part because plenty of people are none too fond of the U.S....

Google Releases Google Chrome 20.0.1132.43

Google has released Google Chrome 20.0.1132.43 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. 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 the...

Iran Discovers "Massive Cyber Attack," Points Finger at US, UK, Israel

Iran’s intelligence minister Heydar Moslehi claims the country has uncovered a “massive cyber attack” it believes was jointly launched by the United States, England and Israel, according to reports from PressTV, Iran’s state-owned English language news network, yesterday. “Based on obtained...

Intel CPU Vulnerability can provide control of your system to attacker

Intel CPU Vulnerability can provide control of your system to attacker The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team US-CERT has disclosed a flaw in Intel chips that could allow hackers to gain control of Windows and other operating systems. The flaw has already been exploited on 64-bit versions of...

US and Israel developed Flame Malware against Iran

US and Israel developed Flame Malware against Iran Unnamed Western officials confirmed that Flame was developed by US and Israeli governments. The United States and Israel jointly developed the Flame computer virus that collected intelligence to help slow Iran's nuclear program. The massive piece...

Intel Processor SYSRET Vulnerability Affecting Some 64-Bit Systems

A flaw exists in the way that a specific instruction is handled on some types of Intel 64-bit chips that could open up some operating systems and types of virtualization software to attacks, according to an alert issued last week but revised today by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness...

Chris Soghoian on Lessons from the Bin Laden Raid and Cyberwar

Chris Soghoian has made a name for himself as a security and privacy researcher and has been the bane of government agencies and organizations prone to being somewhat less than upfront about their security and privacy practices. In this video from the Personal Democracy Forum in New York this wee...

Apple Releases Java Update for OS X Lion and Mac OS X

Apple has released a Java update to address multiple vulnerabilities for the following products: Mac OS X v10.6.8 Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 OS X Lion v10.7.4 OS X Lion Server v10.7.4 These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CER...

Wyse - Machine Remote Power Off (Denial of Service) (Metasploit)

Wyse - Machine Remote Power Off Denial of Service Metasploit require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Wyse Machine Remote Power off DOS', 'Description' = %q This module exploits the Wyse Rapport Hagent service and cause remote power cycle Power off the wyse machine remotely. , 'Stance' =...

Wyse - Machine Remote Power Off (Denial of Service) (Metasploit)

require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Wyse Machine Remote Power off DOS', 'Description' = %q This module exploits the Wyse Rapport Hagent service and cause remote power cycle Power off the wyse machine remotely. , 'Stance' = Msf::Exploit::Stance::Aggressive, 'Author' = '[email protected]',...

Attacks Targeting US Defense Contractors and Universities Tied to China

UPDATE: Researchers have identified an ongoing series of attacks, possibly emanating from China, that are targeting a number of high-profile organizations, including SCADA security companies, universities and defense contractors. The attacks are using highly customized malicious files to entice...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory for Microsoft XML Core Services

Microsoft has released Security Advisory 2719615 to address a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user accesses specially crafted web pages using Internet Explorer. According to the advisory,...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for June 2012

Oracle released its Critical Patch Update for June 2012 containing 14 security fixes for the following products: JDK and JRE 7 Updates 4 and earlier JDK and JRE 6 Update 32 and earlier JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 35 and earlier SDK and JRE 1.4.237 and earlier JavaFX 2.1 and earlier US-CERT encourages...

Anonabees 'SpexSecurity' Appear, Leak Data On Thousands, Disappear

A new Anonymous-styled hacktivist group, SpexSecurity, has surfaced and then vanished, but not before allegedly siphoning the personal information of over 100,000 residents of a Tennessee town, including individuals’ e-mail passwords, social security numbers and birth dates. Details of the hack...

Apple Releases iTunes 10.6.3

Apple has released iTunes 10.6.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities. 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 Support Article HT5318 and apply any necessary updates to...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player

Adobe has released a Security Bulletin for Adobe Flash Player to address vulnerabilities affecting the following software versions: Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.8 and earlier versions for Android 4.x Adobe Flash...

Microsoft Releases June Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Lync, and Dynamics AX as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2012. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated...

DHS Issues Joint Warning On Flame's Windows Update Hack

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is warning IT administrators and operators of industry control systems about the danger posed by the Flame aka sKyWIper malware after Microsoft acknowledged that the malware is able to spoof its Windows Update service to push malicious code onto vulnerable...

Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

The Mozilla Foundation has released updates for the following products to address multiple vulnerabilities: Firefox 13.0 Firefox ESR 10.0.5 Thunderbird 13.0 Thunderbird ESR 10.0.5 SeaMonkey 2.10 These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletins for Multiple Products

Adobe has released security bulletins to address multiple vulnerabilities for the following products: Adobe Illustrator CS5 15.0.x for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Illustrator CS5.5 15.1 for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.0 for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 12.1 for...