The rise of Java exploits

The rise of Java exploits


The rise of Java exploits

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Sifting through the data collected and analyzed in order to compile the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, senior program manager Holly Stewart came to an interesting conclusion: Java expl...

Metasploit Pro released

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Rapid7 released Metasploit Pro which improves the efficiency of penetration testers by providing unrestricted remote network access and enabling teams to collaborate efficiently. It exceeds the fun...

Kaspersky download site hacked, redirecting users to fake AV

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT

Kaspersky's USA download site was hacked. For three and a half hours on Sunday, it has been providing download links that redirected users to a malicious web page where windows telling them their ...

Current threats and the evolution of cybercrime

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 07:09 AM PDT

Dr. Eric Cole is a security expert with over 20 years of hands-on experience. He is actively involved with SANS working with students, teaching, and maintaining and developing course-ware. He is a SAN...

Assange runs into more problems in Sweden

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 07:02 AM PDT

Julian Assange has been denied a Swedish residence and work permit. As one of the founders and the editor-in-chief of whistleblower site Wikileaks, Assange applied for the permit in August, since h...

Bogus Adobe employees sell fake PDF program

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

A series of e-mails purportedly sent by Adobe Acrobat Reader Support employees in which the users are urged to activate their "new Adobe PDF Reader" have been hitting inboxes worldwide. According ...

Suspected money mule arrested in London

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:32 AM PDT

Members of the Police Central e-crime Unit arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of organizing money mules to open drop accounts in order to launder the proceeds of online crimes abroad and was taken i...

Skimming attacks at European ATMs rise 24%

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:17 AM PDT

The latest European ATM Crime Report published by EAST (the European ATM Security Team), shows a 24% increase in card skimming attacks at European ATMs. 5,743 attacks were reported for the period Janu...

Phishing tax refund sites pop up in wake of deadline extension

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT

Phishers taking advantage of the extended deadline for Indian taxpayers to file their income tax have cleverly thought of a way to trick customers of various banks with the same initial approach. T...

Tool to test regular expressions for DoS vulnerabilities

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Regular expression patterns containing certain clauses that execute in exponential time (for example, grouping clauses containing repetition that are themselves repeated) can be exploited by attackers...

Accelerate patching progress in the enterprise

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 09:12 PM PDT

At RSA Conference 2010 Europe last week, Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek gave a presentation on how to accelerate the patching progress in the enterprise. It contains example of exploit kits and their pene...

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