Articles In Security

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 26, SC Magazine – (International) Zero-day, Angler kit exploits help drive up malvertising by 325%. Security researchers from Cyphort reported study findings revealing that malvertising attacks have increased by 325 percent in 2015, likely due to a combination of frequent zero-day exploits and new technology making the tactic more effective. Source August 26, Securityweek – (International) New Zeus variant “Sphinx” offered for sales. Malware developers released a new Zeus banking trojan variant ca... read more.

• August 27, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 25, Securityweek – (International) Tor increasingly used by malicious actors: IBM. IBM Security released findings from its third quarter X-Force Threat Intelligence report revealing that The Onion Router (Tor) network has been used increasingly by cybercriminals for malicious purposes, with about 180,000 malicious events originating from Tor U.S. exit nodes since May. Researchers found that most Tor-based attacks have been Structured Query Language (SQL) injections and primarily targeted the informat... read more.

• August 26, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 24, Securityweek – (International) Zero-day flaws found in Dolphin, Mercury browsers for Android. A security researcher discovered a vulnerability in the Dolphin web browser for Android in which a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacker could inject a specially crafted file to arbitrarily write files or execute remotely, as well as unpatched insecure Intent URI scheme implementation and path transversal vulnerabilities in the Mercury web browser that could allow a remote attacker to read and write arbitrar... read more.

• August 26, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 21, Securityweek – (International) Thousands of hacked WordPress sites abused in Neutrino EK attacks. Security researchers from Zscaler discovered a malware campaign in which cybercriminals have compromised over 2,600 WordPress 4.2 and prior web sites in August by planting malicious iframes with redirects to Neutrino exploit kit (EK) landing pages. The Neutrino landing page exploits Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities to inject CryptoWall 3.0 ransomware on victims’ computers. Source August 20, Agen... read more.

• August 25, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 20, Securityweek – (International) iOS sandbox flaw exposes companies using MDM solutions. Security experts from Appthority reported that organizations using mobile device management (MDM) solutions and enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions are vulnerable to third-party app sandbox issue dubbed “Quicksand” in Apple’s iOS, in which an attacker could develop a malicious application that reads the configuration settings of managed applications. Source August 20, Securityweek – (International... read more.

• August 21, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 19, Securityweek – (International) Hackers leak Ashley Madison user data. Security experts reported that hackers released a 10 gigabyte (GB) file containing the personal information and payment records of over 30 million Ashley Madison discrete dating web sites users following a July breach and threats that information would be released if Avid Life Media Inc., continued its practices regarding user profile retention and confidentiality. Source August 19, Securityweek – (International) Adobe patch... read more.

• August 20, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 18, Securityweek – (International) High severity flaw in Android allows arbitrary code execution. Security researchers from Trend Micro discovered a heap overflow vulnerability in the Android operating system’s (OS) mediaserver Audio Policy Service, AudioEffect component, in which an app requiring no permissions could be used to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability was patched in August security updates. Source August 18, Securityweek – (International) Darkode member admits selling access to... read more.

• August 20, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 17, Securityweek – (International) Alerts issued for zero-day flaws in SCADA systems. The Industrial Control Systems Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) published six advisories after security researchers from Elastica discovered several remote and local file inclusion, weak password hashing, insecure authentication, hardcoded credentials, weak cryptography, and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities, among others, affecting Web-based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA... read more.

• August 18, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 14, IDG News Service – (International) Google has another try at patching Stagefright flaw. Google released a second update for a vulnerability affecting hundreds of millions of Android devices dubbed “Stagefright,” after security researchers from Exodus Intelligence discovered that a maliciously crafted MP4 file could be used to bypass a previous fix for the issue. Source August 14, Securityweek – (International) Apple releases patch for OS X vulnerability exploited in the wild. Apple released se... read more.

• August 17, 2015

By Nancy Rand, Posted in Security

August 13, Securityweek – (International) SAP Security updates patch 22 vulnerabilities. SAP released patches for 22 vulnerabilities and updated four previously release patches, including a remote code execution flaw in SAP ST-P that an attacker could leverage to compromise SAP servers and access information stored on them, and a Reflected File Download (RFD) in SAP’s NetWeaver AFP Servlet that could be exploited to push malware onto victims’ devices using a specially crafted link, among other flaws. Source... read more.

• August 14, 2015