Stuxnet is Back ! Iran reported another cyber attack

Iran claims to have repelled a fresh cyber attack on its industrial units in a southern province. In the last few years, various Iranian industrial, nuclear and government bodies have recently come under growing cyber attacks, widely believed to be designed and staged by the US and Israel. A powe...

Multiple MySQL database Zero-day vulnerabilities published

Researcher discovered Multiple Zero-day vulnerabilities in MySQL database software including Stack based buffer overrun, Heap Based Overrun, Privilege Elevation, Denial of Service and Remote Preauth User Enumeration. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE assigned as : CVE-2012-5611 — MySQL Lin...

Zero-Day Attacks Thrive for Months Before Disclosure

Zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits dominate headlines and most heated information security discussions. In truth, however, there are relatively few of these attacks hitting a small number of hosts, according to new research on the subject. The reason zero days eat up so much bandwidth is becau...

What's the Meaning of This: Adobe Certificate Attack

The news yesterday that Adobe had been compromised and that the attackers were able to get valid Adobe signatures on a pair of malware utilities is one of the more worrisome and troubling stories in what has become a year of huge hacks and historic change in the security industry. Adobe was...

Android 4.0.4 multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

The Samsung Galaxy S3 can be hacked via NFC, allowing attackers to download all data from the Android smartphone, security researchers demonstrated during the Mobile Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam. Using a pair of zero day vulnerabilities, a team of security researchers from U.K.-based MWR Labs...

Operation Aurora - Other Zero-Day Attacks targeting finance and Energy

The infamous Aurora Trojan horse is just one of many attacks launched by the same group of malware authors over the past three years, according to researchers at Symantec. Security researchers with Symantec have issued a report outlining the techniques used by the so-called "Edgewood" hacking...

'Elderwood' Crew, Tied to Google Aurora Attack, Targeting Defense, Energy, Finance Companies

UPDATE–The same team that attacked Google in the Aurora campaign in 2009 is still active and has been conducting a long-term campaign targeting defense contractors, financial services companies, energy companies, human rights organizations and government agencies using a seemingly inexhaustible...

Researchers Identify Second New Java Bug

Researchers who have dug into the exploit for the new Java CVE-1012-4681 vulnerability found that there are actually two previously unknown security bugs in Java 7 and that the exploit, which has been tied to attackers in China, is using both of them to get full control of vulnerable machines. Th...

Poll Finds Security Practitioners Falsely Believe They're Protected Against APTs

If a recent poll of 1,000 security professionals is any indication, there remains a significant learning gap in understanding advanced persistent threats – and therefore building a strong defense to resist them. The survey conducted by FireEye’s Malware Intelligence Lab showed nearly 60 percent o...

Former Zero Day Initiative Researchers Form New Firm Exodus Intelligence

In case you thought that the mass exodus of researchers from TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative in recent months meant that the demand for third-party vulnerability markets was waning, fear not. Several former members of the ZDI team have come back together to form a new firm called Exodus...

[ppt] Hack ASP.Net website

Слайды рус: Слайды EN: Видео внизу выбрать 17:01: Владимир Кочетков, Взломать Web-сайт на ASP.NET? Сложно, но можно! Обзорная презентация о проведении атак на ресурсы использующие технологию ASP.Net, рекомендую смотреть с видео в фоне. Анонс: Цитата: Анализ защищенности веб-приложений ASP.NET/MVC...

VUPEN Says Rumors of Hack Are False

Claims surfaced earlier this week that the French security firm VUPEN, which is known for selling zero-day vulnerabilities to third parties, had been compromised and more than 100 of the company’s secret bugs had been leaked. However, VUPEN’s CEO said that the claims were totally false and there...

Arms Race In Zero Days Spells Trouble For Privacy, Public Safety

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part podcast with independent security researcher Chris Soghoian. In the first part of our podcast with independent security researcher Chris Soghoian, we talked about the way that the proliferation of “free” applications have forced consumers into the...

EFF Says Cyber Security Bills Open Door To Government, Corporate Abuse

The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is sounding alarms about a collection of overly vague cyber-security bills making their way through Congress. EFF looked at two bills making their way through Congress: The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 S. 2105, sponsored by Senator Joseph Lieberman I-CT of...

Ongoing Targeted Attack Campaign Going After Defense, Aerospace Industries

Researchers have identified a strain of malware that’s being used in a string of targeted attacks against defense contractors, government agencies and other organizations by leveraging exploits against zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks may have been going on since 2009 in some form and the...

Stoneware WebNetwork6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit for jsp platform in category web applications Stoneware WebNetwork6 Vulnerability Assessment Conducted by: Leland Public Schools Stoneware Customer Jacob Holcomb Network Engineer for LPS Conducted for: Leland Public Schools Purchaser of WebNetwork product. Test was to assure cloud securit...

stoneware webnetwork6 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

stoneware webnetwork6 - Multiple Vulnerabilities Stoneware WebNetwork6 Vulnerability Assessment CVE-2012-0285 – XSS CVE-2012-0286 - CSRF Conducted by: Leland Public Schools Stoneware Customer Jacob Holcomb Network Engineer for LPS Conducted for: Leland Public Schools Purchaser of WebNetwork...

stoneware webnetwork6 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Stoneware WebNetwork6 Vulnerability Assessment CVE-2012-0285 – XSS CVE-2012-0286 - CSRF Conducted by: Leland Public Schools Stoneware Customer Jacob Holcomb Network Engineer for LPS Conducted for: Leland Public Schools Purchaser of WebNetwork product. Test was to assure cloud security Stoneware...

Revamped Pwn2Own to Offer $105K in Prizes, Cash From Google for Chrome 0-Days

The Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest conference has become one of the landmark events on the calendar each year, as researchers gather with nervous vendors in a tiny room to see who can own which browser on which platform and how quickly. But this year’s contest will have a much different look...

SecurID Attack Was the Work of 'Very Experienced' Attackers

MALAGA, SPAIN–An RSA official on Friday offered more details of the attack the company suffered earlier this year in which thieves made off with key data related to the RSA SecurID two-factor authentication system. The attack, he said, targeted just four employees and was executed by a group he...