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in reply to [SOLVED] Unwanted parameter when executing CGI scripts It also occurs to me to wonder, and with considerable alarm, “exactly what is it about your present algorithm which makes you care that an ‘extra’ parameter value is appearing in the data?” Of particular concern to me is that perhaps the software is ite...
KeyRaider iOS Malware Affects Jailbroken iOS Devices According to a new report, a new iOS malware called KeyRaider has stolen around 225,000 Apple accounts from jailbroken iPhones. This malware was found by the security research company Palo Alto, who claims it as “one of the largest known thefts of its kind”. The purp...
Computer hackers have been found to use the Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability which is tracked in the CVE-2018-15961 advisory. This is a known exploit which continues to be widely adopted by various criminal collectives. Targets all over the world have been identified. The CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerability Is ...
Penetration testing is an important part of cybersecurity that checks systems, networks, and apps for flaws. Because of this, people who work in security have access to a wide range of tools that can be used to examine different parts of a system’s security posture. For example, experts need tools like Nmap and Wiresha...
To help spread their latest viruses and trojans, malware creators are turning to legitimate content distribution platforms – meaning no one should trust downloads from any site without having a quick check first. The latest infection was picked up by the guys over at digital security solution firm, Zscaler Inc, where t...
According to the authors of the book Learn ethical hacking, the National Directorate of Informatics and the Israeli Population Authority are investigating an alleged hacker who, through his Twitter account, claims to have hacked the Israeli voting system to steal data of about 6 million voters three days before the leg...
Manipulating and generating Windows 10 prefetch files Δημιουργία και αλλαγή prefetch αρχείων για Windows 10 The prefetch file format is not officially documented by Microsoft and has been understood through reverse engineering, and trial-and-error. Without even intending to do so, prefetch files can sometimes answer th...
Matthew Prince, CEO of content delivery network Cloudflare, has confirmed on Twitter on Monday that one of its customers was being targeted with a very big Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection attack – “bigger that the Spamhaus attack from last year.” He didn’t name the customer, but he has shared that the attack rea...
|New Threat Detection Added| 3 (Bumblebee malware, Red Wolf APT, AMOS MacOS Stealer) |New Threat Protections||10| |New Ransomware Victims Last Week||87| Weekly Detected Threats The following threats were added to Crystal Eye XDR this week: The Bumblebee malware, designed for enterprise targeting, spreads via Google Ads...
- Day 1: CeWL - Day 2: Password Mutation using John the Ripper - Day 3: Hash Identification - Day 4: Using Online Hash Databases - Day 5: Zone Transfer Tool - Day 6: recon-ng - Day 7: urlcrazy - Day 8: searchsploit - Day 9: msfvenom - Day 10: nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) - Day 11: theharvester - Day 12: BeEF The first t...
Since our last security-related blog post, The Truth About Web Security (And How to Protect Your Data), we’ve received many inquiries related to NetGladiator and best-practice security in general. In the various email and phone conversations thus far, we’ve encountered some recurring questions that many of you might al...
Spear phishing emails were identified targeting three U.S. companies in the utilities sector between July 19 and July 25, researchers said. Phishing emails appeared to impersonate a U.S.-based engineering licensing board with emails originating from what appears to be an actor-controlled domain, nceess[.]com, said rese...
Windows systems are being targeted by the new Meduza Stealer malware with comprehensive data exfiltration capabilities and a sophisticated design that enables evasion of security software detection, The Hacker News Data from 95 web browsers, 76 cryptocurrency wallets, and 19 password manager apps, as well as Discord, S...
Treck TCP/IP is a high-performance TCP/IP protocol suite designed for embedded systems. A set of 19 critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities have been discovered by Israeli security research firm JSOF in a low-level TCP/IP software library developed by Treck. Dubbed “Ripple20“, affecting hundreds of millions...
---Update December 14,2012--- - Kaspersky - Packed.Win32.Krap.at - Fortinet - W32/AutoRun_IRCBot.AO - Microsoft - Trojan:Win32/Ransom.C - Symantec - Trojan.Gen “W32/Sdbot.worm.gen ” is a worm that spreads by copying itself to removable drives. Upon execution, the Worm tires to connects to the below IP address through a...
The malware identified first as Anchor. The anchor is a sophisticated backdoor that served as a module to a subset of TrickBot installations. Operating since August 2018 it is not delivered to everybody, but the contrary is delivered only to high-profile targets. Since its C2 communication scheme is very similar to the...
Vulnerable internet-experiencing Microsoft SQL (MS SQL) Servers are becoming targeted by danger actors as component of a new campaign to deploy the Cobalt Strike adversary simulation tool on compromised hosts. “Attacks that concentrate on MS SQL servers involve attacks to the surroundings the place its vulnerability ha...
Case Study 1 (External Penetration Test) The client utilized a web server content management system (wordpress). During the process of the assessment, an entry point through an outdated plugin was discovered that an internal network server was connected to. This server was poorly secured and had numerous outdated opera...
If you’re reading this blog I’m sure I don’t have to tell you what MS08-67 or Conficker is about (despite the fact we keep seeing many unpatched machines, but that’s a different story). Besides that, there are plenty of rumours about a possible Conficker attack on 1st April. I know you may think it’s all hype or scarem...
No Port Scan A no port scan prevents Nmap from doing a port scan after host discovery. It is specified with the -sn option. Used by itself, it is also known as a “ping” scan. It is less intrusive and attracts less attention than a full port scan. Note: This option is often combined with a no ping scan ( nmap -sn <targe...
TikTok has once again made it to the news owing to security flaws. This time, the vulnerabilities affect the TikTok Android app. Exploiting the bugs could allow stealing files from the target device. Researchers from the mobile app security service Oversecured have found multiple vulnerabilities in the TikTok Android a...
We came across an alert in the Peruvian media on August 17 regarding cyberattacks that were targeting banks in Peru. Discussions on social media platforms revolved around the attacks being a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) campaign, while others mentioned that it could have been ransomware. From what we’ve observe...
Use of Uninitialized Variable This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of the Linux Kernel 6.0-rc2. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists...
In this video series, we will look at the basics of Router Hacking. In this very first video, we will look at some of the basic attacks on routers such as Default Accounts, Easy to guess passwords, bruteforcing, snmp based attacks, mis-configurations etc. This first video, is a presentation of all the flaws we will dis...
Since the return of TrickBot malware researchers are observing additional features and capabilities which makes its detection and analysis tougher than ever. TrickBot banking trojan has evolved into a full-featured, multi-purpose crimeware-as-a-service or CaaS. A majority of threat actors are employing TrickBot to deli...
Share this article on: ICS-CERT has issued an advisory about two recently discovered vulnerabilities in Medtronic MyCareLink patient monitors. The devices are used by patients with implantable cardiac devices to transmit their heart rhythm data directly to their clinicians. While the devices have safeguards in place an...
The Basenews7.com redirect is a new web threat which we have received security reports about it. It is being spread using a multitude of delivery mechanisms and once it is installed on a given computer it will execute a lot of malicious actions. It can hijack data, modify system settings and deploy other threats. |Shor...
Uncovering the Dangers Of Creepware By Tom Seest At BestCybersecurityNews, we help entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, young learners, and seniors learn more about cybersecurity. Creepware is a form of malware that allows people to remotely access computers and mobile devices and take control. These malicious apps have the ca...
Egress’ threat analysts detected a phishing campaign that followed a successful account takeover (ATO) attack. Sent from a legitimate compromised account, the phishing campaign included brand impersonation and an unusual payload, which combined credential theft with invoice fraud. The campaign was sent to over 6,000 re...
What is it? A bunch of Joeys from the Fediverse helping each other take their security knowledge to the next level. Anyone can be a Joey. No need to be an elite haxor. This is meant to learn, no matter the skill level. Studying computer security through various challenges, such as: - HackTheBox - https://www.hackthebox...
It all started with the fact that in February 2020, researchers discovered a trojan embedded in the memory of the system process on the victim’s machine. As it turned out, the target of the attack was a diplomatic organization. The attention of specialists was attracted by the architecture of malvari in general and asy...
Ropper You can use ropper to display information about binary files in different file formats and you can search for gadgets to build rop chains for different architectures (x86/X86_64, ARM/ARM64, MIPS/MIPS64, PowerPC). For disassembly,... - CVE-2020-3374, CVE-2020-3375: CISCO SD-WAN High-Risk Vulnerabilities Alert - C...
An additional exploit has been discovered, by which a malicious user can hack a web site, and add a script to a page that will generate a zip archive containing executable code The control structures use object-oriented programming to transfer executable code and metadata from client to server. com/shortcut, intercepts...
In an alert Thursday, U.S. agencies warned that Energetic Bear, a Russian state-backed hacking group, was able to compromise state, local, territorial, and tribal government networks and steal data from at least two servers. In one incident, the group accessed documents about sensitive network configurations and passwo...
3. How to Wiretaps are extremely useful programs for security managers. They are the only mechanism that can log absolutely everything on the wire in such a way that hackers can't erase the logs. 3.1 Where can I get a sniffing program for my computer? - Ethereal is a UNIX-based program that also runs on Windows (which ...
WEP-Client-Communication-Dumbdown (WCCD) Vulnerability ThinkSECURE has discovered that certain well-known wireless chipsets, using vulnerable drivers under the Windows XP operating system and when configured to use WEP with Open Authentication, can be tricked by a 802.11-based wireless client adapter operating in maste...
Dr. Drew Hwang, CIS, Cal Poly Pomona Secure Web Development Defending SQL Injection Issues in SWA Project: Defending CSRF Attack Based on the application downloaded in Project #1, deploy effective session management to defend CSRF attacks. Do the Exercise #3 (Online Store CSRF) again to understand how an attacker can p...
Fortinet Discovers Windows MSI Signature Spoofing Vulnerability Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a vulnerability to bypass Windows Installer (MSI) Authenticode signature validation. Windows Installer is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installat...
Hackers work around Vista's activation feature Hackers are distributing a file that they say lets users of the corporate version of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system get around the software's antipiracy mechanisms. Windows Vista must be "activated" before it will work on a particular machine. To simplify the t...
Protecting users' privacy over the Internet is of great importance; however, it becomes harder and harder to maintain due to the increasing complexity of network protocols and components. Therefore, investigating and understanding how data is leaked from the information transmission platforms and protocols can lead us ...
Cryptomining is a process that transactions are validated and added in to the mainchain digital ledger, described https://bitcointradererfahrungen.de since the public journal. Every time a cryptomined transaction can be processed, a cryptomining miner is tasked to ensuring the integrity on the transaction and updating ...
- Type: space-separated list of attribute names - A space-separated list of attributes that are maintained when the window is closed. When the window is re-opened, the values of persistent attributes are restored. In Mozilla, persistent attributes are stored in the per-profile file xulstore.json. Persistence can also b...
There seems to be a general lack of awareness in small-to medium-sized companies when it comes to securing their IoT devices. The potential issues usually begin when they are configuring smart connected devices. Owners and employees see these devices for their primary function, like video conferencing, surveillance cam...
Backdoor.Trojan is a detection name used by Symantec to identify malicious software programs that share the primary functionality of enabling a remote attacker to have access to or send commands to a compromised computer. In the past, malware authors were primarily motivated by notoriety and fame. They tried to create ...
This blog is written in the form of a tutorial on how to intercept a browser’s traffic using the OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP). The topics covered are: - Overview of ZAP - Configure ZAP as proxy - Add a ZAP Root CA to the list of certificates in browser Prerequisite tasks: Download and install ZAP. In this tutorial I wi...
Enabling AR authentication for bypassing other authentication methods As a Remedy Single Sign-On administrator, you can enable AR authentication to bypass other authentication methods configured for a realm. This feature might be useful to you if you want to provide an ability for administrator users to bypass the prim...
Xavier's Security Post Interaction with *nix-based botnet channel in my last post I quickly briefed on the idea of a possible mambo-based worm -- and these days, thats a very trivial task; since there are several templates of worms written with the task of exploiting several holes. the other night I discovered an autom...
About this video This course teaches you how to use different pentesting tools in the real world. Using the right hacking methodology, this course will show you how to use pentesting tools to enumerate and gain root access. Starting with an overview of the course, you’ll move on to build your virtual lab environment. N...
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that can be used to do good or harm. Here are a few of the ways that it is helping scammers and hackers right now. You, the reader, help support MUO. We may receive an affiliate commission if you purchase products using our links. Cybercriminals also look to this technology fo...
Last Updated on 06/02/2022 by Riya Between September and November 2021, a previously unknown, money-driven threat group carried out a string of data theft and extortion operations against more than 40 organizations. According to a study issued on December 10 by Accenture’s Cyber Research, Forensics and Response unit, a...
Security researchers have disclosed a flaw in the Aviatrix VPN client that give a hacker unlimited access to a victim’s system. According to a blog post by researchers at Immersive Labs, the flaw was uncovered by researcher and content engineer Alex Seymour. The vulnerability would have allowed an attacker who already ...
A new report published by vpnMentor examines two critical vulnerabilities in cybersecurity provider Cyberoam’s firewall and VPN technology, which - both independently and combined - could be exploited by malicious actors to access the company’s email quarantine system without authentication and remotely execute arbitra...
Malicious Content Identified and Inserted: - IPs – 3680 - Domains – 603 Target List Content Updated: Indicators of compromise have been updated for the following: (For a deeper dive into the research behind a threat or campaign, click on the links in each description) - Nebula Exploit Kit is a new variant of a known ex...
Many of the applications installed on enterprise mobile devices expose potentially sensitive data by failing to properly secure the connection between the app and backend servers, enterprise mobile security firm Appthority warned in a report published on Wednesday. An analysis conducted by researchers has shown that th...
The Looming Security Risks of Generative AI, and the Responses Required of Companies Oct. 12, 2023 Ever since the release of ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, the level of attention being given to generative AI services has been growing rapidly, and individuals as well as companies are beginning to consider using these ser...
Let’s focus for a moment on Blackhole, the world’s most popular and notorious malware exploit kit. Barring a takedown by law enforcement, we are likely to be battling it for years to come. So it’s worth making sure you’re up to speed. Exploit kits like Blackhole are pre-packaged software tools available on the malware ...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets c...
In the history of cybersecurity, attacks like ransomware, viruses, and malware were not always a major problem for businesses. Cybersecurity only came into existence because of the development of viruses. So, how did we get here? Where it all began. In 1969, UCLA professor, Leonard Kleinrock, and student, Charley Kline...
Siemens informed customers on Tuesday that some of the Linux and GNU components of a multifunctional platform for its SIMATIC S7-1500 industrial automation controllers are affected by over 20 vulnerabilities. One year ago, Siemens announced the expansion of its SIMATIC S7-1500 controller portfolio with a new multifunct...
In a couple of my recent diaries, we discussed two small unpatched vulnerabilities/weaknesses in Windows. One, which allowed us to brute-force contents of folders without any permissions, and another, which enabled us to change names of files and folders without actually renaming them. Today, we’ll add another vulnerab...
In this recipe, we'll learn how to deal with the difficulty of executing permissions for NRPE. The majority of standard Nagios plugins don't require special privileges to run, although this also depends on how stringent your system's security restrictions are. However, some of the plugins require being run as root or p...
This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc. A web application on the remote host has multiple cross-site scripting According to its self-reported version, the Nagios XI installation on the remote host has multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. The 'grab_request_var()' function doesn't ...
Log4j INCIDENT RESPONSE The following post will assist you with the Log4j incident response process based on the familiar tools, mitigate options, and the information from the vendors and community. On Dec. 9, 2021, a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache log4j 2 was identified as being exploited in the w...
Security and Privacy of Machine Learning 2019 Machine learning has become ubiquitous in the technological industry and beyond. As a result, ML models are often deployed in settings where adversaries can disrupt the operation, backdoor, or otherwise modify the behavior of the models. If the training data is privacy-sens...
A local privilege-escalation (LPE) vulnerability in Kaspersky's VPN Secure Connection for Microsoft Windows has been discovered, which would allow an already-authenticated attacker to delete privileged files. Tracked as CVE-2022-27535, the bug has divided researchers when it comes to CVSS score. According to an advisor...
From the "neat-find-department" comes word from McAfee that Windows Vista is vulnerable to a Sticky Keys backdoor that could be exploited -- under perfect circumstances -- to launch malicious executables. McAfee researcher Vinoo Thomas said the security risk, which is already well-known on Windows XP, exists because Wi...
Delaware, USA – September 25, 2018 — Researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a massive spam campaign that distributes the multi-platform Adwind RAT. Most targets of the attack are located in Turkey and Germany. Adversaries abuse the Dynamic Data Exchange feature in Microsoft Excel to successfully avoid detection by ant...
Trojan.Rhubot is the term used for Trojan detection that has been added to Microsoft antimalware signatures. It has been considered as a high risk security infection due to the malignant behaviors it could make on the affected computer. Similar as other Trojan threat such as Trojan.Cidox.C, Trojan.Rhubot is adept at ma...
Palo Alto Networks recently issued a report detailing a targeted attack campaign that leveraged leased infrastructure in the U.S. to scan hundreds of vulnerable organizations, which compromised at least nine global entities in the technology, defense, healthcare, energy, and education sectors. The report drew a shout-o...
The vulnerability is due to insufficient security protections during wireless access point association sequences. At startup, lightweight wireless access points without a configuration use OTAP to seek out and associate with a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. Administrators may configure access points with a preferred co...
If you’ve been around the information security space for a while, it’s likely that you might have heard about Cross-Site Request Forgery. Cross-Site Request Forgery, or CSRF for short, is the silent beast we have covered in one of our previous articles about security on the web; However, some of you might also be aware...
Modify the hostapd.conf configuration file by typing: An editor interface should appear. Modify the ssid and wpa_passphrase fields. ssid corresponds to the wireless network name (default: LeoRover-XXXX) and wpa_passphrase is the network password (default: password). This may be useful if you notice the network interfer...
The Log4j vulnerability discovered in December of 2021 shook the whole IT world , labelled as one of the most severe security vulnerabilities ever uncovered. Given its widespread usage in a wide range of products and services, Ayfie’s including, IT specialists across the globe scrambled in a collective effort to minimi...
Sanctions from the United States have pushed North Korea to large-scale cyber attacks, including cryptocurrency thefts. High-ranking authorities in the U.S. believe that Western sanctions against North Korea have forced Pyongyang to conduct cryptocurrency-related cyber attacks. Media outlet Korea Herald reports that th...
Chapter 4 provides an overview of the different types of attack that a Wi-Fi LAN must defend against. Some types of attack are quite obvious, but many are subtle and done in unexpected ways. These subtle attacks are the most dangerous because they exploit our assumptions about where the vulnerabilities lie. We focus on...
Web scraping - the process of acquiring large amounts of data from various online sources, including websites - can be incredibly useful for various tasks, including tracking competitor prices and analyzing market trends. How exactly does Puppeteer interact with Headless Chrome? Essentially, Puppeteer is a Node.js libr...
11 security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Nagios in the past 5 months. The miscreants have exploited the network monitoring software to run crypto-mining malware, resulting in an average score of 7.8. While Nagios had 22 vulnerabilities in 2020, the average CVE base score has increased by 1.04 in 2021. Threat...
Similarities with newly discovered Linux malware used in Operation DreamJob corroborate the theory that the infamous North Korea-aligned group is behind the 3CX supply-chain attack ESET researchers have discovered a new Lazarus Operation DreamJob campaign targeting Linux users. Operation DreamJob is the name for a seri...
Get in Touch Indiscriminate, opportunistic targeting. Severity Level – Low (CVSSv3 base score of 3.1): Compromise may result in the loss of confidentiality and integrity of data. Fortra has released an emergency patch to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability within the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer...
Security tools greatly simplify the task of assessing the security of our environments. However, there is still room for interpretation of reported results and analysis of data. In this Lab, we will use two popular security tools and learn how to understand more about what the tools are doing and how to interpret their...
Google recently warned about Hermit malware, which is a Pegasus-like malware that threatens all phones, including Android and iPhone. Sometimes security experts identify important risks that, if left unchecked, can have dire consequences. Recently, Google issued a statement about the Hermit malware, which is a threat t...
We’ve written a lot about lateral movement on this blog, and we’re about to take a long look at the tactic with some of our friends from MITRE and Carbon Black in an upcoming webinar. However, if you’re dealing with lateral movement, it’s likely something has already gone wrong in your environment. As a precursor to ou...
Ukraine Strike with New Golang-dependent ‘SwiftSlicer’ Wiper Malware in Hottest Cyber Attack Ukraine has come under a refreshing cyber onslaught from Russia that concerned the deployment of a beforehand undocumented Golang-based info wiper dubbed SwiftSlicer. ESET attributed the assault to Sandworm, a country-condition...
|Enterprise||T1071||.001||Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols|| ComRAT has used HTTP requests for command and control. |.003||Application Layer Protocol: Mail Protocols|| ComRAT can use email attachments for command and control. |Enterprise||T1059||.001||Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell|| ComRAT has ...
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued an Analyst Note warning the health sector about the Black Basta Ransomware Gang, an emerging cyber threat that first appeared in early 2022. The Russian-speaking group is known for its double extortion attacks, where it not only deploys ransomware but...
A new version of the Ryuk ransomware is capable of worm-like self-propagation within a local network, researchers have found. The variant first emerged in Windows-focused campaigns earlier in 2021, according to the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI). The agency said that it achieves ...
Any enterprise that uses open recursive DNS is vulnerable to the following popular attacks: To have your server abused by attackers and used as a tool of decentralized denial of service (DDoS), that might imply in the following consequences: - The huge amount of received fake DNS consultationt and specially the amount ...
On the anniversary on the terror attacks in New York and Washington D.C., the FBI has issued a warning to financial institutions regarding DDoS attacks based on claims made by supporters of Anonymous. Trend Micro has added to these warnings, with some advice for the rest of us, which apply to every day, and not just 9/...
Sign in to your account or register new one to have full control over your orders, receive bonuses and more. New User? Register Footprinting is a part of reconnaissance process which is used for gathering possible information about a target computer system or network. Nowadays hackers are more cunning than ever, and sh...
There are numerous threat names you may hear thrown around when discussions on cyber security take place, but for many internet users, they’re of minimal interest. Phishing, ransomware and other hacks have become so commonplace that it’s easy to be ambivalent towards them, with many of us finding our inboxes and spam f...
One of most notable malware shifts of last year, according to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018 report, involved the rise in Gozi (aka Ursnif) variants to the top of the most active financial malware list in 2017. Zeus variants had been the most active financial malware family in the wild for the last coup...
This application is a navigation tool to search temple and shrine in Kyoto, Japan. So this is useful when you trip to Kyoto,Japan. This application is a navigation tool to search temple and shrine in Kyoto, Japan. So this is useful when you trip to Kyoto,Japan. Do you have a question about this app? UPDATED ON: Aug 4, ...
KARL (Kernel Address Randomized Link) While this might help against remote attacks, it’s subject to the same issues than KASLR (although I’ve heard good things about NetBSD’s implementation), and like libc symbols randomization, it’s defeated by an arbitrary read. Speaking of KASLR, it’s interesting to mention that Ope...
It means that you take over the control of TCP connection. TCP is a generic transport protocol, whereas HTTP is an application protocol on top of TCP. The OSI seven layer model describes TCP as layer 4 and HTTP is layer 7. If you need to implement a different application protocol, this is one use-case for hijacking. Or...
It was an odd phenomenon: The more media stories you saw about the massive Conficker computer worm that was supposed to wreak havoc on April 1, the less likely it was that anything would happen on that day. Executives from a leading computer-security firm say that although widespread media coverage -- some might call i...
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction / Meet LAD Chapter 2-1: Installation Tips Chapter 5: Connecting to the Internet Chapter 6: Configuring a Wireless Network Chapter 7: Connecting and Managing Clients Chapter 8: Access Controls / Parental Controls Chapter 10: Network Security / LateralFirewall Chapter 13: Etherne...
While working on a project to reverse engineer some of the internal communication protocols used in a Paradox security alarm system, the author discovered a shocking secret on the COMBUS – the common bus connecting the control panel with keypads and other peripherals. Turns out that COMBUS isn’t protected either electr...
And Bugbear.B has gone polymorphic, making it more dangerous than before. Last year Bugbear, which spreads through emal*, started to propagate swiftly in September, and ended up being one of the commonest viruses for the whole of 2002, said F-Secure. It uses infected email attachments and can sometimes trigger the payl...
Starting in early 2019, Ukrainian government entities have been targeted by a spear-phishing campaign that appears to be a cyber espionage campaign emanating from the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). LPR is a proto-state. It is a region in eastern Ukraine that declared independence following the 2014 Ukrainian revoluti...
The US Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) has issued an advisory for a vulnerability in Akeo Consulting Rufus software that could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to the software failing to update itself securely and is due to Rufus not attempting to perform some ...