U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites By Mistake !

The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this week. The Department of Justice and Homeland Security's ICE office proudly announced that they had seized domains related to counterfeit goods and child pornography. What they failed to mention, however, is that one of the target...

NY Times: Stuxnet Traced to Five Iranian Internet Domains

The Stuxnet Worm attempted to infiltrate five industrial complexes in Iran over a span of ten months according to a report in the New York Times based on a Stuxnet Dossier published by Symantec. Stuxnet was designed to not only attack industrial control systems built by Siemens Corporation, which...

Anonymous hackers Expose HBGary plan to destroy WikiLeaks !

Data released as part of a hacking attack by the Anonymous group has shown what appears to be a corporate plan to destroy WikiLeaks. Last week Aaron Barr, head of security services firm HBGary Federal, claimed to have infiltrated the Anonymous hacking group leadership and was able to identify key...

Of Night Dragons and Silver Bullets

Reading the headlines today one could not help but notice the latest installment of “scary Chinese hacker press” making the headlines. And who can blame the news media for latching on to this story as it has all the right ingredients: foreign governments targeting U.S. interests, catchy nicknames...

Archives of all of HBGary's conversations with the FBi, NSA, CIA, US Army, House and Senate !

Archives of all of HBGary's conversations with the FBi, NSA, CIA, US Army, House and Senate ! 16K cia.zip 25M nsa.zip 15M fbi.zip 112M army.zip 396K house.zip 6.0M senate.zip...

Oracle Releases Security Alert for Java Runtime Environment

Oracle has released a security alert to address a vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component of the Oracle Java SE and Java for Business products. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Google Releases Chrome 9.0.597.95

Google has released Chrome 9.0.597.95 for all platforms to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. This update also includes a recently released version of Adobe Flash Player th...

Progress Crawls in Securing Critical Infrastructure

The US government is progressing at a snail’s pace in securing critical American infrastructure according to a Center for Strategic and International Studies CSIS commission on cybersecurity examining the first two years of the 44th presidency. Two years ago the CSIS published Securing Cyberspace...

RealNetworks, Inc. Releases Security Updates for RealPlayer

RealNetworks, Inc. has released security updates to address a vulnerability affecting Windows RealPlayer 14.0.1 and earlier versions and RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.4 and earlier versions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the...

Adobe Releases Security Update for Flash Player

Adobe has released a security bulletin to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Player 10.1.102.64 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition...

Russian hacker steals $10 million from a former Royal Bank of Scotland !

A 27-year old Russian hacker pleaded accusable to burglary $10 actor from a above Royal Bank of Scotland analysis aback in 2008, and he's apprehension a adjudication and sentencing at the end of this or at the alpha of the abutting week. The balloon is captivated in Novosibirsk in Siberia, and th...

Microsoft Releases February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, obtain...

Adobe Prenotification Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Adobe had issued a prenotification advisory indicating that it plans to release updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities. The advisory indicates that updates for Windows and Macintosh will be available on February 8, 2011. An update for UNIX will be available the...

Majordomo Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Majordomo 2. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could be used to leverage additional attacks. Reports indicate that this vulnerability affects builds 20110121 and prior. US-CERT encourages use...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Tandberg E, EX, and C Series Endpoints

Cisco has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the Tandberg C Series Endpoints and E/EX Personal Video units running software versions prior to TC4.0.0. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the device. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for February Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its February release will contain 12 bulletins. Three of these bulletins will have the severity rating of critical and will be for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. The remaining bulletins will have a severity...

Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Multiple Cisco WebEx Player Vulnerabilities

Cisco has released a security advisory to address multiple vulnerabilities in WebEx Recording Format WRF and Advanced Recording Format ARF Players. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Cisco security advisory...

VideoLAN Releases Security Advisory for VLC Media Player

VideoLAN has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in VLC Media Player. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review VideoLAN security advisory VideoLAN-SA-1102 and apply any necessary updates or...

New Contest To Promote Cyber Security Skills In Teens

Cyber security has been at the forefront of American politics in recent months following high profile cyber security attacks like the Stuxnet worm and Aurora attacks. Those attacks underscored growing concern over the future of cyber security in the U.S. and the lack of native cybersecurity talen...

RealNetworks, Inc. Releases Update for RealPlayer

RealNetworks, Inc. has released an update for Windows RealPlayer 14.0.1 and prior to address a vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the RealNetworks, Inc. security advisory and appl...