Adobe Releases Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released a Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address a vulnerability affecting the following software versions: Adobe Reader X 10.1.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix Adobe Acrobat...

Microsoft Releases December Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or operate with elevated privileges...

lighttpd -- remote DoS in HTTP authentication

US-CERT/NIST reports: Integer signedness error in the base64decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality httpauth.c in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service segmentation fault via crafted base64 input that...

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery. Five computer screenshots posted early Friday purport to show the user interface used to...

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery. Five computer screenshots posted early Friday purport to show the user interface used to...

US military's offensive operations in cyberspace to shoot Hackers

US military's offensive operations in cyberspace to shoot Hackers The US military is now legally in the clear to launch offensive operations in cyberspace, the commander of the US Strategic Command has said. The Pentagon has just sent a report to Congress where it says that it has the right to...

Google Releases Chrome 15.0.874.121

Google has released Chrome 15.0.874.121 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame to address a vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Releases blog entry and update to Chrome...

Internet Systems Consortium Releases BIND-P1 Patches

The Internet Systems Consortium has released updates for BIND to address a vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. Please refer to the Internet Systems Consortium advisory for additional information. US-CERT recommends that administrators of...

Apple Releases iTunes 10.5.1

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.1 to address a vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack that could lead a user to click on a forged link believed to have originated from Apple. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article...

Google Releases Chrome 15.0.874.120

Google has released Chrome 15.0.874.120 for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Releases blog entry and update to...

Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1

Apple has released iOS 5.0.1 for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod 3rd generation or later, iPad, and iPad 2 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information. US-CERT encourages users and administrators...

Mozilla Releases Firefox 8 and 3.6.24

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 8 and Firefox 3.6.24 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with escalated privileges, cause a denial-of-services condition, obtain sensitive information, or perform a cross-si...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Adobe Shockwave Player

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Shockwave Player to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. These vulnerabilities affect Shockwave Player 11.6.1.629 and earlier versions for the Windows and Macintosh...

CIA Admits It Monitors, Analyzes Facebook, Twitter

The Associated Press published a report today detailing, for the first time, a unit within the CIA, referring to itself as the ‘vengeful librarians,’ that is responsible for monitoring the vast and various social networks, local and international news, radio, and television, Internet chat rooms,...

In Report, U.S. Accuses China, Russia of Cyber Espionage

In its most blunt statement to date, the U.S. government accused both China and Russia of conducting far flung cyber espionage campaigns against U.S. and other Western firms in an effort to promote domestic interests. The report, “Foreign Spies Stealing US Economic Secrets in Cyberspace” was...

First Ever Joint EU-US Cyber War Game Starts

Despite extreme upheaval and rampant infighting caused by the European debt crisis, the EU and U.S. are banding together today in Brussels and shifting its focus toward cyber security. The European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be...

Microsoft Releases November Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or operate with elevated privileges...

Crime-Ring Orchestrators Plead Guilty to Fraud, Face Four Years

A pair of Ukrainian Nationals is each facing a four year, eight month sentence after pleading guilty at London’s Croydon Crown Court on October 31 to charges of conspiracy to defraud. According to a London Metropolitan Police report, the 29 year-old Yuriy Konovalenko also known as Pavel Klikov an...

US satellites was victim by Chinese Hackers

US satellites was victim by Chinese Hackers Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese military is...

US satellites was victim by Chinese Hackers

US satellites was victim by Chinese Hackers Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese military is...