LinkedIn Intro App a Man in the Middle Attack

This is one introduction you may not want to make. LinkedIn’s release of its Intro app yesterday for Apple iOS mobile devices raised more than a few eyebrows for behaviors that are causing security experts to worry. Intro is an integrated service that works hand-in-hand with the Apple Mail app...

Snoopy Project mobile tracking and intelligence grows up

A year ago, the Snoopy Project was a neat research initiative that packaged a number of existing technologies into a framework to profile and track mobile devices. After a summer of Snowden revelations, something like Snoopy takes on a whole new meaning. Snoopy devices, called drones by researche...

[ThreatFactor NSIA v1.0.6] Network System Integrity Analysis

ThreatFactor NSIA is a website scanner that monitors websites in real-time in order to detect defacements, compliance violations, exploits, sensitive information disclosure and other issues. ThreatFactor detects issues remotely and therefore requires no software to install, does not introduce any...

Windows file Checksums: Violations

List Windows files with checksum violations. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

File Checksums: Violations

List files with checksum violations. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103942";...

Amazon 1Button App for Chrome, Firefox Leaks Private Data

Amazon 1Button, a browser add-on that provides users with easy access to the Amazon online marketplace, is leaking private information like a sieve, according to a security researcher. Krzysztof Kotowicz, a researcher specializing in Web security, said the app reports every URL to visit to...

Google ordered to hand over sensitive users details to FBI without a warrant

Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday has ordered the Google to hand over customer details to FBI without a warrant. FBI counter terrorism agents began issuing the secret letters, which don't require a judge's approval, after Congress...

Mandriva Update for gnupg MDVSA-2013:001 (gnupg)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Mandriva Update for gnupg MDVSA-2013:001 (gnupg)

Check for the Version of gnupg OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for gnupg MDVSA-2013:001 gnupg Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDVSA-2013:001-1)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in gnupg : Versions of GnuPG = 1.4.12 are vulnerable to memory access violations and public keyring database corruption when importing public keys that have been manipulated. An OpenPGP key can be fuzzed in such a way that gpg segfaults or has other...

FTC Launches Investigations into Mobile Apps for Kids

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday said it’s launching “non-public investigations” to determine if mobile application providers are violating federal laws by collecting information on children without their parents’ permission. A report indicates almost 60 percent 235 of the children-centric...

Small Medical Offices Biggest Risk to Patient Data Security, Privacy

Small physician practices, much like their small commercial business counterparts, have been the primary source of health care related data breaches, according to an analysis of breaches from 2009 to October 2012 released today by the Health Information Trust Alliance HITRUST. These smaller medic...

Check for File Checksum Violations

Check for File Checksum Violations ATTENTION: This VT is deprecated. Please use the new set of 4 VTs to handle file checksum policies which are to be found in the family SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyrigh...

FreeBSD : jenkins -- multiple vulnerabilities (d846af5b-00f4-11e2-b6d0-00e0814cab4e)

Jenkins Security Advisory reports : This advisory announces security vulnerabilities that were found in Jenkins core and several plugins. - The first vulnerability in Jenkins core allows unprivileged users to insert data into Jenkins master, which can lead to remote code execution. For this...

jenkins -- multiple vulnerabilities

Jenkins Security Advisory reports: This advisory announces security vulnerabilities that were found in Jenkins core and several plugins. The first vulnerability in Jenkins core allows unprivileged users to insert data into Jenkins master, which can lead to remote code execution. For this...

Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, one of the founders of the file sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Cambodia after an international warrant was issued following a conviction in Sweden for copyright violations. The Swedish foreign ministry has confirmed only that a Swedish man "in his...

Critics Continue Pushing for Bigger Probe into Google Street View Practices

Privacy advocates continue urging for a wider federal investigation into Google Street View practices following Google’s $25,000 fine for stonewalling federal officials during an earlier probe of Wi-Fi snooping allegations. The Federal Communications Commission late last week gave the Internet...

RockYou Agrees to $250K FTC Fine Over Loss Of 32m Passwords

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it had reached a settlement with RockYou over violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act COPPA after the Web site allowed hackers to gain access to the personal information of its 32 million members. In a statement published o...

Mobile Security Research Rife With Legal Pitfalls

VANCOUVER–The shift to mobile computing platforms in recent years has made life much easier for many users, but it’s also made life a lot more difficult for security researchers. Working on any software or hardware product carries with it a number of potential legal challenges, but mobile and...

PacketFence 3.2.0 released

PacketFence 3.2.0 released The PacketFence development team has published version 3.2.0 of its open source network access control NAC system. PacketFence allows organisations to increase control over their network by enforcing authentication and registration for newly connected devices. It also...