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...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 2501696

Microsoft has released Microsoft security advisory 2501696 indicating that it is investigating public reports of a vulnerability affecting Windows. This vulnerability is due to the way MHTML interprets MIME-formatted requests for content blocks within a document. Exploitation of this vulnerabilit...

Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for January 2011

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2011 to address 82 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 7 for Oracle Database Server 16 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 16 for Oracle...

Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit

!/usr/bin/python obj.py Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit Jeremy Brown 0xjbrown41-gmail-com Jan 2011 "Objectivity, Inc. is a leader in distributed, scalable database technology. Our patented data management engine and persistent object store is the enabling technology powering...

New York Times: Stuxnet A Joint US-Israeli Operation

Details of the Stuxnet worm’s origins and functioning have been seeping into the media, tidbit by intriguing tidbit, since last Summer, when news of the worm went mainstream. But a new exclusive from the New York Times breaks the Stuxnet story wide open, confirming oft-cited theories that it was ...

Objectivity/DB Lack Of Authentication

!/usr/bin/python obj.py Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit Jeremy Brown 0xjbrown41-gmail-com Jan 2011 "Objectivity, Inc. is a leader in distributed, scalable database technology. Our patented data management engine and persistent object store is the enabling technology powering...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.237

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.237 for all platforms 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 Google Chrome Releases blog entry a...

ObjectivityDB - Lack of Authentication

ObjectivityDB - Lack of Authentication !/usr/bin/python obj.py Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit Jeremy Brown 0xjbrown41-gmail-com Jan 2011 "Objectivity, Inc. is a leader in distributed, scalable database technology. Our patented data management engine and persistent object sto...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013 addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory has been updated to include Microsoft Fix It 50591 that prevents the recursive loading of CSS style sheets in Internet Explorer as a mitigation for this vulnerability. Exploitation of this...

Microsoft Releases January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin and follow...

New Zealand websites hacked for child porn links !

Dozens of New Zealand based websites are infected with malicious software which directs users to child abuse material. They are mostly legitimate small business sites which have been hacked to produce links to paedophile pornography. The problem first appeared in Italy but has spread to sites in ...

Undetectable fake ATM keyboard steals PINs in real time !

Thieves and scammers are an inventive bunch, especially when it comes to stealing you money indirectly. And the latest discovery of a fake keyboard that is placed over an ATM's legitimate one and records the typed-in PIN - in conjunction with a fake magnetic strip reader that can be manufactured...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Kerala cyber police closing in on software theft culprits !

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 IANS The cyber wing of the Kerala Police Wednesday claimed it had got vital clues about the theft of software source codes and intellectual property data from a Kochi-based IT company. The investigation is progressing on the right track, V.K. Ajith Mohan of the police...