Web Security

JavaScript and Timing Attacks Used to Steal Browser Data

Security researchers have been warning about the weaknesses and issues with JavaScript and iframes for years now, but the problem goes far deeper than even many of them thought. A researcher in the U.K. has developed a new technique that uses a combination of JavaScript-based timing attacks and other tactics to read any information he wants from a targeted user’s browser and sites the victim is logged into. The attack works on all of the major browsers and researchers say there’s no simple fix to prevent it.

Buy An Ad, Own a Browser Botnet

WhiteHat Security researchers demonstrated how to leverage online advertising networks to distribute homegrown javascript to launch attacks relatively cheaply–for the cost of an ad.

CrowdSource Tool Aims to Improve Automated Malware Analysis

by Dennis Fisher

When a new piece of malware surfaces, it’s typically analyzed eight ways from Sunday by a long list of antimalware and other security companies, government agencies, CERTs and other organizations who try to break it down and classify its capabilities. There’s a lot of duplicated effort there, and a group of researchers is building a new tool called CrowdSource that is designed to take advantage of the existing analysis capabilities in the community and perform automated malware analysis to provide rich reports on each new sample.

Microsoft Expands MAPP Program to Incident Response Teams

by Dennis Fisher
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Microsoft is expanding its MAPP program that shares attack and protection information with other security vendors and will now be sharing some data with incident responders, as well. The new system will enable organizations such as CERTs and internal IR teams to exchange information on specific attacks and general threats.

Remembering Barnaby Jack

by Dennis Fisher
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It’s said that each man’s death diminishes us all in some way. But some passings take a bigger piece than others. The death of Barnaby Jack is one of those, having left a major hole in the security community and let a lot of air out of the room.

How to Fail at Black Hat

by Dennis Fisher

Every summer, the hacker intelligentsia descends on Las Vegas like a swarm of thirsty locusts that spends seven days chasing free drinks and avoiding sunlight at all costs. Black Hat and DEF CON week can be an overwhelming and confusing experience, especially for the uninitiated or agoraphobic. But fear not, Threatpost has your back.

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