RuggedCom - Backdoor Accounts in my SCADA network? You don't say...

Title: Undocumented Backdoor Access to RuggedCom Devices Author: jc Organization: JC CREW Date: April 23, 2012 CVE: CVE-2012-1803 Background: RuggedCom is one of a handful of networking vendors who capitalize on the market for "Industrial Strength" and "Hardened" networking equipment. You'll find...

DNSChanger Malware

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Iran Replicating Captured U.S. Drone RQ-170 Sentinel

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US-based website covering China's Bo Xilai scandal hacked

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MI6, CIA and Department of Justice Tango Down !

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Apple Releases Flashback Malware Security Updates

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HP ProCurve 5400 zl Switches Security Bulletin

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Samba Releases Updates for 3.0.x - 3.6.3

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Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader X 10.1.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier versions for Linux, and Adobe Acrobat X 10.1.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. Exploitation of these...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for WebEx Player

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

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US Airways Spam Redirects to Blackhole, Zeus Infection

Cybercriminals are targeting US Airways customers with malicious spam emails containing a link that, once clicked, initiates a series of redirects, eventually leading users to a domain hosting the Blackhole exploit kit. The fraudulent email presents itself as a check-in notification from US...

Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories

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Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player

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Mozilla Releases Multiple Updates

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Apple Releases Safari 5.1.4

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Google Releases Chrome 17.0.963.79

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Apple Releases Multiple Security Updates

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