There's good news for people who love bad news about the security of industrial control systems. At the SCADA Security Scientific Symposium (S4) in Miami Beach in January, there were a host of new security vulnerabilities unearthed in popular programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)…
Adobe makes pitch for defensive security research to cripple exploit writing
Adobe security and privacy director Brad Arkin urges the security industry to focus on the latest exploit techniques and develop mitigations that make exploit writing costly. View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News View full post on National Cyber Security
Phoenix Exploit Kit responsible for mass WordPress compromises
Security firm M86 Security has discovered hundreds of WordPress websites compromised by Phoenix. Presented By: Helping government serve the public with NEC We bring you tailor-made solutions built on an in-depth understanding of your unique needs. Learn how NEC?s solutions and expertise in voice and data communications, biometrics, networks…
Fake Firefox update delivers malware, exploit kits
Malicious webpages masquerading as browser updates are being used by attackers as launch pads for Trojan viruses and exploit kits. <img alt="Fake Firefox update delivers malware, exploit kits, Blog, Fake, UPDATE, malware, Exploit, Firefox, Delivers, kits"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News…
Microsoft ASP.Net flaw targeted by hacker exploit code
Exploit code for a recently patched denial-of-service vulnerability that affects Microsoft’s ASP.NET web development platform has been published online, therefore increasing the risk of potential attacks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2011-3414, was disclosed in December at the Chaos Communication Congress, Europe’s largest and oldest hacker conference. Shortly afterward Microsoft published…
Exploit of Wi-Fi Protected Setup Flaw Poses Risks for Consumers, Not Enterprises
Many home Wi-Fi networks are at risk thanks to an exploit released over the holidays, but enterprise organizations are generally unaffected by the vulnerability. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Simple File Upload 1.2 File Upload Vulnerability – Joomla Module Exploit – Remote Code Execution
I think every “hacker wannabe” and infose specialist do follow exploitdb’s twitter account. well maybe not all but most of them do. I was drinking coffee this morning (actually it’s 3 in the morning) and stumbled to exploitdb’s tweet. Simple File Upload is a Joomla module from wasen.net. It gives…
Hackers to exploit new avenues of attack in 2012
Banking on smartphones and web-connected cars will provide fertile hunting ground for hackers in 2012, as cyber criminals follow consumers into an increasingly mobile world, a report by McAfee Inc. said Wednesday View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers could crash Windows 7 with Safari browser code exploit
Microsoft is currently investigating reports of a zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7 64-bit that leads to crashes and could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The security flaw can be exploited by opening a web page containing a specially-crafted iframe using Apple’s Safari browser. Twitter user WebDEViL…
Apple Crash Reports Help Hackers to create a jailbreak exploit
Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/Zgc6Jb-86qQ/apple-crash-reports-help-hackers-to.html View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking