Microsoft Windows CONTACT - Remote Code Execution

Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-CONTACT-FILE-INSUFFECIENT-UI-WARNING-WEBSITE-LINK-ARBITRARY-CODE-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: ApparitionSec Vendor www.microsoft.com Product Microsoft .CONTACT File...

Linux 3 a serious vulnerability systemd, may lead to data breaches-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Recently, security researchers announced a Linux system systemd in three serious vulnerabilities, namely CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865, and CVE-2018-16866。 Attackers exploiting these vulnerabilities may obtain a target machine's root access, and even may lead to information disclosure. Systemd...

Denial Of Service (Dos)

perl-DBD-Pg is vulnerable to denial of service. A format string vulnerability in dbdimp.c in DBD::Pg allows remote attackers to crash the process, or potentially execute arbitrary code, via a malicious database warning to the pgwarn function or DBD statement to the dbdstprepare function...

Microsoft Windows VCF - Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Windows VCF - Remote Code Execution + Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-VCF-FILE-INSUFFICIENT-WARNING-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: ApparitionSec + Zero Day Initiative Program...

Microsoft Windows VCF Remote Code Execution

Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx + Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org + Source: http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-VCF-FILE-INSUFFICIENT-WARNING-REMOTE-CODE-EXECUTION.txt + ISR: ApparitionSec + Zero Day Initiative Program Vendor www.microsoft.com Product A VCF file is a...

Social Security Number scammers are at it again

The Federal Trade Commission FTC once again sounded the alarm in mid-December about the latest Social Security Number SSN scam that continues to affect thousands of Americans. While most of us were only able to read about this type of scam in the past, the FTC now has an audio recording of an SSN...

(0Day) Microsoft Windows vcf File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing...

CVE-2018-6096

A JavaScript focused window could overlap the fullscreen notification in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to obscure the full screen warning via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2018-6097

Incorrect handling of asynchronous methods in Fullscreen in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to enter full screen without showing a warning via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2018-6097

Incorrect handling of asynchronous methods in Fullscreen in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to enter full screen without showing a warning via a crafted HTML page...

Aussie govt emergency service hacked to send fake warning alerts

By Waqas A hacker managed to infiltrate Australian emergency warning system Early Warning Network EWN. The hacker accessed the system and sent countless messages to random citizens informing them that “you’ve been hacked.” However, the warning service’s managing director Kerry Plowright claims th...

Hackers Infiltrate Early Warning Network System to Send Spam

Hackers were able to access the Early Warning Network, a large-scale emergency warning system in Australia, and then send alarming spam messages to subscribers. According to the Early Warning Network EWN, a hacker accessed its system over the weekend and then sent “nuisance messages” via text,...

Australia’s Early Warning Network compromised

An early warning network designed to notify subscribers about dangerous weather in Australia has been compromised. The hacker sent many bogus messages via phone, SMS, and email, telling users that the service had been hacked. Early Warning Network, a service used by local governments to send...

GHSA-CF66-XWFP-GVC4 Missing Origin Validation in webpack-dev-server

Versions of webpack-dev-server before 3.1.10 are missing origin validation on the websocket server. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to steal a developer's source code because the origin of requests to the websocket server that is used for Hot Module Replacement HMR are not validated...

Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie

A group of hackers has hijacked tens of thousands of Google's Chromecast streaming dongles, Google Home smart speakers and smart TVs with built-in Chromecast technology in recent weeks by exploiting a bug that's allegedly been ignored by Google for almost five years. The attackers, who go by...

Fedora 28 : nghttp2 (2018-bdefa5e5bb)

update to the latest upstream release fixes CVE-2018-1000168 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

FTC Warns of Netflix Phishing Scam Making Rounds

The Federal Trade Commission FTC is warning of a new phishing scam reeling in Netflix customers and stealing their payment information. According to a post published by the FTC, Wednesday, the spotted scam purports to be an email from Netflix. The email claims that the victim’s account was put on...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3843)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3843 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in...

Kaspersky: Web protection component in Anti-Virus products family ignores HSTS security policy

Summary Kaspersky Internet Security seems to ignore the Strict-Transport-Security HTTP header. This allows Man-in-the-Middle attacks on websites that would normally be immune to them. The only requirement is the user confirming the certificate override, something that can be achieved by social...

WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Code Injection Exploit

When the WordPress plugin Snap Creek Duplicator restores a backup, it leaves dangerous files in the filesystem such as installer.php and installer-backup.php. These files allow anyone to call a function that overwrite the wp-config.php file AND this function does not sanitize POST parameters befo...