The Everyday Security of Living with Conflict

When cyber' is used as a prefix, attention is typically drawn to the technological and spectacular aspects of war and conflict -- and, by extension, security. We offer a different approach to engaging with and understanding security in such contexts, by foregrounding the everyday -- mundane --...

CVE-2010-5063

SQL injection vulnerability in article.php in Virtual War aka VWar 1.6.1 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ratearticleselect parameter...

CVE-2010-5279

article.php in Virtual War aka VWar 1.6.1 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a large integer in the ratearticleselect parameter...

CVE-2010-5066

The createRandomPassword function in includes/functionscommon.php in Virtual War aka VWar 1.6.1 R2 uses a small range of values to select the seed argument for the PHP mtsrand function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to determine randomly generated passwords via a brute-force attack...

CVE-2010-5065

popup.php in Virtual War aka VWar 1.6.1 R2 allows remote attackers to bypass intended member restrictions and read news posts via a modified newsid parameter in a printnews action...

CVE-2010-5064

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in Virtual War aka VWar 1.6.1 R2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via 1 the Additional Information field to challenge.php, the 2 Additional Information or 3 Contact information field to joinus.php, 4 the War Report fie...

CVE-2005-1718

Buffer overflow in LS Games War Times 1.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service server crash via a long nickname...

CVE-2009-5141

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon warftpd 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service crash via format string specifiers in a LIST command...

Russian Phishing Uses Fake CIA Sites to Target Anti-war, Ukraine Supporters

The phishing campaign is highly sophisticated!...

Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons From China Let Anyone With a Credit Card Turn Toys Into Weapons of War

Chinese ecommerce giants like Temu and AliExpress sell drone accessories like those used by soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine conflict...

War-FTPD 1.65 Denial of Service

War-FTPD version 1.65 proof of concept denial of service exploit that leverages a vulnerability originally discovered in 2024 by Fernando Mengali. ============================================================================================================================================= | Title ...

The Combined Cipher Machine

Interesting article--with photos!--of the US/UK "Combined Cipher Machine" from WWII...

Pad Credit Card Info to Protect Customers' Wallets

We take a look at a recently-assessed API, to see how it avoided the problem that helped the Allies beat the Axis powers in World War II...

The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over

“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday...

Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Strike Russian State TV on Putin's Birthday

Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that targeted Russia state media company VGTRK and disrupted its operations, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The incident took place on the night of October 7, VGTRK confirmed, describing it as an "unprecedented hacker attack....

Exploit for Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in Apache Tomcat

TomcatScanPro README Version: EnglishREADMEEN.m...

The vulnerability of the org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-war component of the XWiki platform, which is used for creating collaborative web applications. This vulnerability allows a attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the “org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-war” component of the XWiki platform involves errors in data processing during syntax analysis of code. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely...

forum.original-war.net Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3944741

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

Apple Removes VPN Apps from Russian App Store Amid Government Pressure

Apple removed a number of virtual private network VPN apps in Russia from its App Store on July 4, 2024, following a request by Russia's state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, Russian news media reported. This includes the mobile apps of 25 VPN service providers, including Hidemy.name VPN, L...

War Crime Prosecutions Enter a New Digital Age

A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale...