Sophos Anti-Virus CAB Files Invalid typeCompress Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus...

Anti-Virus / Anti-Bot / Application Control / URL Filtering update might fail on R75.40 / R75.40VS / R75.45 / R75.46 / E80.41

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Sophos Anti-Virus PDF Handling Stack Buffer Overflow

A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Protection. The vulnerability is due to an error when handling encrypted PDF files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted PDF file to an affected user. The vulnerability is...

FixMeStick PRO : Best remote malware remediation product

This week Corey and Marty over at FixMeStick shared the specs of their recently released FixMeStick PRO with me. This Pro is the best remote malware remediation product we've seen. It retails for $299.99 per year, or $209.99 for the first 50 'The Hacker News' readers use coupon code 'THNFIX' for...

FixMeStick PRO : Best remote malware remediation product

This week Corey and Marty over at FixMeStick shared the specs of their recently released FixMeStick PRO with me. This Pro is the best remote malware remediation product we've seen. It retails for $299.99 per year, or $209.99 for the first 50 'The Hacker News' readers use coupon code 'THNFIX' for...

Batchwiper malware, new virus targets Iranian computers

Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. Dubbed Batchwiper, the malware systematically wipes any drive partitions starting with the letters D through I Drive, along with any files stored on the Windows desktop of the user...

$36,000 USD reward for wanted hacker

Japan's National Police Agency has offered a monetary reward for a wanted hacker, use programming languages like C to create a virus called "iesys.exe" and Hijack systems of innocent people to post aggressive messages on Internet on behalf of Users. Method called a "Syberian Post Office" to post...

$36,000 USD reward for wanted hacker

Japan's National Police Agency has offered a monetary reward for a wanted hacker, use programming languages like C to create a virus called "iesys.exe" and Hijack systems of innocent people to post aggressive messages on Internet on behalf of Users. Method called a "Syberian Post Office" to post...

Sophos Anti-Virus RAR VMSF_RGB Filter Parsing Integer Underflow

An integer underflow vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus. The vulnerability is due to insufficient parameters validation while parsing RAR files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by causing the affected software to process a specially crafted RAR file. Successfu...

Facebook Helps FBI to shuts down Butterfly botnet theft $850 millions

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday that they've arrested 10 suspects from from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United States involved in a global botnet operation that infected more than 11 million systems. The ring is said to...

MS12-082: Vulnerability in DirectPlay could allow remote code execution: December 11, 2012

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MS12-078: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: December 11, 2012

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Australian medical centre infected with Ransomware Malware demanding $4000 to Unlock

A Gold Coast, Australian medical centre computers are infected with some ransom malware by a group of Russian hackers. The hackers encrypted the practice's patient database, demanding payment of $4000 for the files to be decrypted. "Cyber criminals based mainly throughout Eastern Europe look for...

Malware Swipes Rocket Data from Japanese space agency

Japan's space agency says it is investigating a possible leak of data about its Epsilon rocket due to a computer virus. Malware Case : The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the virus, in a computer at its Tsukuba Space Centre, north-east of Tokyo, was found to be secretly collecting data an...

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its engine version, the Sophos Anti-Virus installation on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A memory corruption issue exists in the RAR virtual machine standard filters. - A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the PDF file decrypter. C Tenab...

Sophos Anti-Virus < 10.0.9 / 10.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its version number, the Sophos Anti-Virus installation on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An integer overflow exists when parsing Visual Basic 6 controls. - An ASLR bypass exists in 'sophosdetouredx64.dll'. - A universal cross-site scripting...

Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Israel and Palestine

Multiple malware attacks against both Israeli and Palestinian systems, likely to be coming from the same source, have been seen over the last year. Researchers in Norway have uncovered evidence of a vast Middle Eastern espionage network that for the past year has deployed malicious software to sp...

Hackers release Windows Phone 8 Malware - to be showcased at MalCon

It's be Just hours Windows Phone 8 has been released - and hackers have already dished out a malware prototype for the platform. Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system. Windows Phone 8 Microsoft's latest in mobile OS technology - comes in as a direct...

Stuxnet virus also infected Chevron's IT network

Stuxnet, a sophisticated computer virus created by the United States and Israel, to spy on and attack Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz also infected Chevron 's network in 2010, immediately after it spread into the wild. This Government created virus Now Infecting Corporations also...

Cisco IronPort Appliances Sophos Anti-Virus Vulnerabilities

Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliances ESA and Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliances WSA include versions of Sophos Anti-Virus that contain multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain control of the system, escalate privileges, or cause a...