Android Fake ID, Backoff PoS Attack, and BadUSB With Blackhat and DEF CON only a week away, it's not surprising to see news of new vulnerabilities and attack vectors popping up as researchers hint at their upcoming presentations. If you are interesting in this threat news, but have no time to track it down yourself, this weekly video can fill you in. Today's show shares … [Read more...]
iOS Backdoor – WSWiR Episode 114
Firefox 31, Tails 0day, and iOS Backdoor Are you curious about the latest network breaches, dangerous new zero day exploits, or breaking security research, but too busy to find all this information on your own? No worries. We summarize the most important security news for you in our weekly security video every Friday. In this week's episode, you'll learn how the latest Firefox … [Read more...]
Microsoft Service Bus DoS Mostly Affects Enterprise Web Developers.
Among this week's Microsoft security bulletins is one that likely only affects a small subset of Microsoft customers, and thus not worth a full security alert. Microsoft Service Bus is a messaging component that ships with server versions of Windows, providing enterprise developers with the means to create message-driven applications. According to Microsoft's bulletin, Service … [Read more...]
TweetDeck XSS – WSWiR Episode 111
Patch Day, P.F. Changs Hack, and TweetDeck XSS This week delivered a lot of infosec news and a ton of software security updates. If you didn't have time to follow it all, check out our weekly computer security video to fill in the blanks. During today's episode, I cover the critical patches from Microsoft, Adobe and Mozilla, mention the latest credit card breach against a U.S. … [Read more...]
Mozilla Plugs Zero Day Hole With Firefox 3.6.12
Summary: This vulnerability affects: Firefox 3.6.x and 3.5.x for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh How an attacker exploits it: By enticing one of your users to visit a malicious web page Impact: An attacker executes code on your user's computer, potentially gaining complete control of it What to do: Upgrade to Firefox 3.6.12 (or 3.5.15), or let Firefox's … [Read more...]