For the second month in a row, Microsoft has released a cumulative update for Internet Explorer, patching a number of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the browser, including one previously disclosed. It also patched a serious kernel mode driver vulnerability that could enable attackers to gain root access to a machine using a malicious USB drive, a la Stuxnet.
Metasploit today released an exploit module for a serious vulnerability in Honeywell industrial control system software used to manage everything from HVAC and building access systems, to energy and facilities management processes.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab and CrySys Lab have discovered files buried inside a MiniDuke command and control server that indicate the presence of a Web-based facet of the campaign that initially targeted government agencies, primarily in Europe.
The resumption this week of distributed denial of service attacks against major U.S. banks brought not only more cost and disruption to financial institutions trying keep online services available, but it also raised new questions about the funding and true motives behind the attacks.
The OAuth keys and secrets that official Twitter applications use to access users’ Twitter accounts have been leaked in a post to Github this morning.
A number of U.S. banks are dealing with online service disruptions as hacktivists reportedly have launched another round of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against financial institutions.
Researchers at Seculert have discovered a link between spear phishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Chinese journalists, post-Mandiant’s APT1 report, and domains connected to the Aurora attacks on Google and the Shady RAT campaign.
Google raised the degree of difficulty for Pwn2Own and Pwnium hacking contestants by patching 10 vulnerabilities in its Web browser last night.The popular contests, which kick off tomorrow in Vancouver at the CanSecWest Conference, feature millions in prize money for researchers who can crack not only Chrome and the Chromium operating system, but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as well as Adobe Reader and Flash, Oracle’s Java platform and others.
Oracle’s new security model for Java, in place since the release of Java 7 update 11, is under serious fire now that attackers have demonstrated in the wild how to bypass the updated controls with the help of social engineering.
Oracle has once again released an emergency Java update to patch zero-day vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in, the fifth time it has updated the platform this year. Today’s update patches CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, the former was discovered last week being exploited in the wild for Java 6 update 41 through Java 7 update 15.
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