Microsoft Releases Patches for 16 Critical Flaws, Including a Zero-Day

If you think that only CPU updates that address this year's major security flaws—Meltdown and Spectre—are the only ones you are advised to grab immediately, there are a handful of major security flaws that you should pay attention to. Microsoft has issued its first Patch Tuesday for 2018 to addre...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 1, 2018

Happy New Year! It’s out with the old, in with the new, right? Except we all know that the old tends to stick around, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities and patching them. Trend Micro predicts that that 2018’s biggest attacks will originate from known vulnerabilities. And speaking of kno...

Wickr Inc - Zero Day Vulnerability Research Report P1

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Wickr Inc Bug Bounty Program - Zero Day Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Wickr Inc Bug Bounty Program - Zero Day Vulnerabilities References: =========== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2055 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2hnNNM3yw-3svLm9UdSzvlVVZcx5DxV Videos:...

Wickr Inc Bug Bounty Program - Zero Day Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Wickr Inc Bug Bounty Program - Zero Day Vulnerabilities References: =========== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2055 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2hnNNM3yw-3svLm9UdSzvlVVZcx5DxV Videos:...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 25, 2017

Last Sunday, my day could be best described by the lyrics of Sammy Hagar’s song “I Can’t Drive 55.” I was issued a ticket for an alleged speeding infraction. I usually drive about 10 mph over the speed limit, but my “alleged” lead foot got the best of me and so did the Texas Highway Patrol. C’est...

Code Used in Zero Day Huawei Router Attack Made Public

Exploit code used in the Mirai malware variant called Satori, which was used to attack hundreds of thousands of Huawei routers over the past several weeks, is now public. Researchers warn the code will quickly become a commodity and be leveraged in DDoS attacks via botnets such as Reaper or...

Huawei HG532 Router Remote Code Execution(CVE-2017-17215)

A Zero-Day vulnerability CVE-2017-17215 in the Huawei home router HG532 has been discovered by Check Point Researchers, and hundreds of thousands of attempts to exploit it have already been found in the wild. The delivered payload has been identified as OKIRU/SATORI, an updated variant of Mirai...

Satori IoT Botnet Exploits Zero-Day to Zombify Huawei Routers

Although the original creators of the infamous IoT malware Mirai have already been arrested and sent to jail, the variants of the notorious botnet are still in the game due to the availability of its source code on the Internet. Hackers have widely used the infamous IoT malware to quietly amass a...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 18, 2017

In the 2000 movie High Fidelity, the concept of making lists is a dominant focus. What are your top five favorite records? Top five side one, track ones? Top five dream jobs? In the movie, Rob Gordon, portrayed by John Cusack, decides to categorize his top five most memorable breakups in order to...

Ecava IntegraXor

CVSS v3 5.3 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Ecava Equipment: IntegraXor Vulnerabilities: SQL Injection AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following version of IntegraXor, a web SCADA/HMI solution, is affected: Ecava IntegraXor v 6.1.1030.1 and prior. IMPACT Successful...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 11, 2017

If you read my weekly blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m a huge sports fan. Unfortunately, when you don’t live in the town of your favorite team, you can be subject to blackout rules. So, my husband and I decided to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket from DirecTV. Fast forward to a couple of...

Zero-Day Remote 'Root' Exploit Disclosed In AT&T DirecTV WVB Devices

Security researchers have publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the firmware of AT&T DirecTV WVB kit after trying to get the device manufacturer to patch this easy-to-exploit flaw over the past few months. The problem is with a core component of the Genie DVR system that's...

Three Hackers Plead Guilty to Creating IoT-based Mirai DDoS Botnet

The U.S. federal officials have arrested three hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year. According to the federal court...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 4, 2017

It snowed in Austin, Texas last night. It’s not a big deal for those of you who live in areas where you’re used to snow, but for those of us who are native Texans, it’s a big deal. Funny enough, I had scheduled a maintenance appointment for later today to make sure our heater is in working order...

macOS High Sierra - Root Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for macOS platform in category local exploits This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Mac OS X Root Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a serious flaw...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 20, 2017

It’s that time of year again, when many will gather with their families, eat way too much, and catch those crazy Black Friday sales. I’ve been seeing “Black Friday” sales for almost two weeks now. Cyber Monday, which falls on the Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, is probably going to be...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of November 13, 2017

The dreaded white, blank screen in Microsoft Word is taunting me, with its blinking cursor asking for words to be written. Just when I thought I wouldn’t get any inspiration for this week’s blog, inspiration came to me from beyond through our late CTO Raimund Genes. Earlier this week, the third...

Updated roundcubemail packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that roundcubemail contained a zero-day file disclosure vulnerability caused by insuficient input validation which was currently being exploited by hackers to read roundcube's configuration files and steal its database credentials CVE-2017-16651...

MGASA-2017-0409 Updated roundcubemail packages fix security vulnerability

It was discovered that roundcubemail contained a zero-day file disclosure vulnerability caused by insuficient input validation which was currently being exploited by hackers to read roundcube's configuration files and steal its database credentials CVE-2017-16651...