Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Critical Vulnerability in Flash Player

Adobe has released security bulletin APSB11-18 to alert users of a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. The following versions are affected: 10.3.181.23 and earlier for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris 10.3.185.23 and earlier for Android Adobe indicates that it has received reports...

Google Releases Chrome 12.0.742.100

Google released Chrome 12.0.742.100 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame to address a critical vulnerability in the Flash player plug-in. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Critical Vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

Adobe has released security bulletin APSB11-17 to alert users of critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.9.620 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT...

LulzSec Hacks Main Senate Site, No Sensitive Data Compromised

Over the weekend the Senate website became the latest in a growing line of individuals, groups, and websites targeted by a new collective of Internet mischief makers, Lulz Security. The group posted what they referred to as “a small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data from Senate.gov” o...

Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 10.0.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Adobe Reader 10.0.3 and earlier versions of Macintosh, and Adobe Acrobat 10.0.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities...

Google Chrome Releases 12.0.742.91

Google has released Chrome 12.0.742.91 for Windows, Mac, Linux, 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...

VMware Patches Bugs in Player, Fusion

VMware has issued an update for a number of its more popular products, fixing several vulnerabilities. Some of the flaws could lead to arbitrary code execution. The patches resolve security issues in the following VMware products: VMware Workstation 7.1.3 and earlier, VMware Player 3.1.3 and...

VideoLAN Releases VLC Media Player 1.1.10

VideoLAN has released VLC Media Player 1.1.10 to address an integer overflow vulnerability in the xspf demuxer. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the release notes for VLC Media Player 1.1.10 a...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Player

Adobe has released security bulletin APSB11-13 to address a vulnerability in Flash Player 10.3.181.16 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris, and 10.3.185.22 and earlier versions for Android. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to conduct a cross-site...

Gmail Phishing Attack

US-CERT is aware of public reports of a phishing attack that specifically targets US government and military officials' Gmail accounts. The attack arrives via an email sent from a spoofed address of an individual or agency known to the targeted user. The email contains a "view download" link that...

Apple Releases Malware Detection Tool

Apple has released Security Update 2011-003 for Mac OS X in response to the recent Mac fake anti-virus software. This update: adds a malware definition to the File Quarantine application causes the File Quarantine application to automatically update its malware definition list daily removes...

Anonymous Takes Down U.S. Chamber Of Commerce for PROTECT IP Act

Anonymous Takes Down U.S. Chamber Of Commerce for PROTECT IP Act Anonymous collective launches DDoS attack against the business lobbying group over it's support for the legislation to fight online infringement that many fear will great expand the govt's ability to filter the Internet. Anonymous...

Internet System Consortium releases BIND patches

The Internet System Consortium has released updates for BIND to address a vulnerability in BIND versions 9.4-ESV-R3 and later, 9.6-ESV-R2 and later, 9.6.3, 9.7.1 and later, and 9.8.0 and later. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Cisco Internet Streamer

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the web server component of the Cisco Internet Streamer application, which is part of the Cisco Content Delivery System. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users a...

WordPress Releases Version 3.1.3

WordPress has released WordPress 3.1.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress Codex document for version 3.1.3 and apply any necessary updates t...

Apple Mac Defender, MacProtector, and MacSecurity Fake Anti-Virus Software

Apple has released a security advisory related to the recent Mac fake anti-virus software. The most common names for this fake anti-virus software are MacDefender, MacProtector, and MacSecurity. This fake anti-virus software is the result of a phishing scam targeting Mac users that redirects them...

Erlang -- ssh library uses a weak random number generator

US-CERT reports: The Erlang/OTP ssh library implements a number of cryptographic operations that depend on cryptographically strong random numbers. Unfortunately the RNG used by the library is not cryptographically strong, and is further weakened by the use of predictable seed material. The RNG...

Microsoft Releases New Version of EMET

Microsoft has released a new, fully supported version of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET designed to mitigate exploitation attempts. EMET allows users to manage security mitigation technologies to make it more difficult for an attacker to exploit software vulnerabilities. US-CERT...

Japan Keeps PlayStation Network Dark, Citing Security Concerns

Sony’s PlayStation Network began a gradual restoration process on Saturday following a hack that brought about nearly a month of downtime. But in Sony’s home country of Japan, an official says the government will keep the network dark until it is convinced that the company has taken adequate step...

Mississippi Flooding Disaster Email Scams, Fake Antivirus, and Phishing Attack Warning

Users should be aware of potential email scams, fake antivirus, and phishing attacks regarding the Mississippi flooding disaster. Email scams may contain links or attachments that may direct users to phishing or malicious websites. Fake antivirus attacks may come in the form of pop-ups that flash...