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Researchers demonstrate tragic state of SCADA security

Since the discovery of Stuxnet, we’ve been hearing from a variety of researchers about security vulnerabilities in SCADA computer systems. While some researchers such as …

McAfee closes spam-spewing hole in its anti-malware service

McAfee has patched a vulnerability in its SaaS for Total Protection hosted anti-malware service that seems to have been misused by spammers to make users’ computers spew …

Oracle patches 78 vulnerabilities

Oracle publishes Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) on a quarterly schedule. Oracle released its January edition with patches for a majority of their product line: Oracle Solaris: …

Microsoft releases seven bulletins

2012’s first Patch Tuesday has seven bulletins, including the postponed bulletin from December 2011 that addresses the BEAST style information disclosure. Talking about …

Is your online bank vulnerable to currency rounding attacks?

In the 12+ years of doing penetration tests against various critical environments, we’ve seen numerous online banking servers and found all sorts of vulnerabilities in …

Exploit code for recent ASP.NET DoS flaw made public

The ASP.NET DoS flaw that has recently been revealed at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin has been patched by Microsoft in almost record time, but users who have not …

January 2012 Patch Tuesday preview

Microsoft is starting 2012 with a surprisingly large first release of seven security bulletins covering eight separate vulnerabilities. In contrast, in past years we usually …

MetricStream IT-GRC integrates with QualysGuard Vulnerability Management

MetricStream and Qualys announced the integration of MetricStream IT-GRC Solution with QualysGuard Vulnerability Management (VM). The joint solution provides a single robust …

Microsoft releases MS11-100 for ASP.NET DoS attack

Today Microsoft released a security bulletin addressing a flaw in ASP.NET that was disclosed early morning yesterday at the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Berlin. …

SCADA and PLC vulnerabilities in correctional facilities

Many prisons and jails use SCADA systems with PLCs to open and close doors. Using original and publicly available exploits along with evaluating vulnerabilities in electronic …

Microsoft provides protection for ASP.NET vulnerability

Microsoft published Security Advisory 2659883 to provide a workaround to help protect ASP.NET customers from a publicly disclosed vulnerability that affects various Web …

Ditching Java might be a good move

As unpatched Java vulnerabilities are frequently taken advantage by exploit kits and users often forget to update Java, F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen says that maybe …

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