The dramatic revelations of large-scale government surveillance and deep penetration of the Internet by intelligence services and other adversaries have increased the interest of the general public in tools such as encryption software, anonymity services and others that previously were mainly of interest to technophiles and activists. But many of those tools are difficult to use […]
Tag Archives: Web Security
Dyre Trojan Caught In The Cookie Jar
Researchers at Adallom analyzed a sample of the Dyre banking Trojan that was found to be targeting Salesforce.com credentials.
Drupal Patches XSS Vulnerability in Spam Module
Drupal released an update that patches a moderately critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in its Mollom content and spam moderation module.
White House: Internet Not Borderless, But Lacking Interior
White House special assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator Micheal Daniel explains that a series of simple, known issues add up to a very difficult Internet security problem.
Archie Exploit Kit Targets Adobe, Silverlight Vulnerabilities
A relatively new exploit kit that exploits old versions of Adobe Flash, Reader and, Silverlight has begun to make the rounds.
Adobe Gets Delayed Reader Update Out The Door
Adobe released a new version of Reader and Acrobat, patching eight security vulnerabilities in the PDF reader. The patches were delayed a weeks because of issues during regression testing.
Back-and-Forth With Google Led to Disclosure of Android Browser Flaw
The researcher who originally discovered the same-origin policy bypass in the Android browser said he reported the vulnerability to Google some time ago, but that the company’s Android security team said it was unable to reproduce the issue. Rafay Baloch said he first reported the vulnerability to Google on Aug. 13, informing the company’s Android […]
SNMP-Based DDoS Attack Spoofs Google Public DNS Server
SNMP-based DDoS attacks spoofing Google’s public recursive DNS server have been spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center.
Flaw in Android Browser Allows Same Origin Policy Bypass
There’s a serious vulnerability in pre-4.4 versions of Android that allows an attacker to read the contents of other tabs in a browser when a user visits a page the attacker controls. The flaw is present in a huge percentage of the Android devices in use right now, and there’s now a Metasploit module available […]
Big Batch of Bugs Fixed in Various Versions of IDA
The makers of the popular IDA disassembly and debugging tool have fixed more than a dozen security vulnerabilities in a variety of versions. Some of the vulnerabilities are a couple of years old, and patches are provided for versions from 6.1 up through 6.6. IDA is a tool used by malware analysts, security researchers and […]