Items Tagged with "Vulnerabilities"
ICS-CERT: Advantech ISSymbol ActiveX Buffer Overflow
May 21, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Researchers have identified multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Advantech Studio product that could allow an attacker to cause buffer overflows, which in turn can allow arbitrary execution code. An exploit code is known to exist that targets these vulnerabilities...
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Guessable Passwords: The Unpatchable Exploit
May 21, 2012 Added by:Chris Murrey
During penetration assessments the tester attempts to compromise systems. Many users take short cuts with passwords, this is because they feel they are not a target, not important, or their access doesn’t matter. Penetration testers know this and so do the attackers...
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Kaspersky Warns of Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
May 18, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“It’s not possible to protect. Stuxnet told us that modern systems are not protected... SCADA could be very easy victims – the result of an attack could be like Stuxnet but everywhere... [We] need to understand the danger of cyber-weapons and of cyber-war to ruin national infrastructure..."
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ICS-CERT: Pro-face Pro-Server EX Multiple Vulnerabilities
May 18, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
The vulnerabilities affecting Pro-face Pro-Server include invalid memory access, buffer overflow, unhandled exception, and memory corruption with proof-of-concept exploit code. According to this report, these vulnerabilities are exploitable via specially crafted packets...
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ICS-CERT: Wonderware Unicode String Vulnerability
May 17, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
ICS-CERT is aware of a public report identifying an unallocated Unicode string vulnerability with proof-of-concept exploit code that affects the Invensys Wonderware SuiteLink service which could allow an attacker to remotely crash older versions of the service...
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Smart Grid Security: An Inside View from Patrick C. Miller
May 17, 2012 Added by:Larry Karisny
A March survey revealed that two-thirds energy security professionals think smart-grid projects do not adequately deal with security threats. Larry Karisny interviewed Patrick C. Miller, president and CEO of EnergySec, about the survey and the subject of smart-grid security...
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Software Security: A Chief Financial Officer’s Perspective
May 15, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Surprise, you woke up today and found that 10% of the value of your company is gone because confidential customer information was made public. The FTC is knocking on your door asking for a forensic security audit. Your largest investors are calling about the scope of the breach...
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Vulnerabilities: Context Matters
May 14, 2012 Added by:Jack Daniel
You do need to assess how the vulnerability is exposed, what mitigations are in place or even possible, how hard the threat may be to execute against your situation, and whether there is a graceful failure mode if the opportunity turns out to be inopportune...
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FBI on Bitcoin: Cybercrime, Opportunity and Digital Choice
May 11, 2012 Added by:Pierluigi Paganini
The real danger of digital money, above the vulnerabilities in its processes, is the inability of governments to exert control over finances, which could lead to a distortion of the main mechanisms of economic control and taxation, bringing total chaos to the market...
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Apple Releases OS X and Safari Security Updates
May 11, 2012 Added by:Headlines
Apple has released critical security updates for OS X and Safari to address several vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, conduct a cross-site scripting attack, or cause a denial-of-service...
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A Field Guide to Post-UDID Unique IDs on iOS
May 10, 2012 Added by:Fergal Glynn
Ongoing developments in the device-wide ID space focus on two dueling schemes and codebases: OpenUDID and SecureUDID. If you’re an iOS developer, this will serve as an introduction to the details of these systems, including their limitations and potential for data leakage...
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ICS-CERT: WellinTech KingSCADA Insecure Password Encryption
May 10, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Researchers Alexandr Polyakov and Alexey Sintsov from DSecRG identified an unsecure password encryption vulnerability in WellinTech KingSCADA application. When KingSCADA OPCServer and OPCClient are not on the same node, a remote attacker may obtain passwords to the system...
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RedKit Private Exploit Tool Emerges in the Wild
May 04, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"RedKit is armed with two of the most popular exploits... The first exploit is a fairly obfuscated PDF file that exploits the LibTIFF vulnerability..." The second is the "latest Java exploit, dealing with the AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability..."
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Applications Targeting Apple Products
May 03, 2012 Added by:Joel Harding
When I was told of a new mobile application distribution system which avoids Apple's scrutiny, my alarm antennas began quivering. Now combine this with who is doing it - Russian developers - and I get an even more dreadful feeling in the pit of my stomach...
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ICS-CERT: WellinTech KingView DLL Hijack Vulnerability
May 02, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Independent researcher Carlos Mario Peñagos Hollman identified a DLL Hijack vulnerability in WellinTech’s KingView application. WellinTech has created a patch that resolves the vulnerability. Mr. Hollman has tested the patch and verified that it resolves the vulnerability...
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Data (In)Security Will Impact Presidential Election Race
May 02, 2012 Added by:Josh Shaul
Breaking into poorly protected government systems and revealing personal or financial information, stealing and posting lists of campaign donations, or corrupting electronic voting systems – these tactics are available to those with expertise and funding...
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