14 Apr 2010

Security Alert for Oracle, Adobe, and Microsoft

It’s been a busy Tuesday. Three companies have released security alerts. Please read the highlights below: Oracle: The Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – April 2010 addresses 47 vulnerabilities in various Oracle products and components, including 16 vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris. The Advisory provides information about affected components, access and authorization required for successful exploitation, […]

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31 Mar 2010

Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.

Microsoft has released updates for multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, including the vulnerability detailed in Microsoft Security Advisory (981374). By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document or Microsoft Office document, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Microsoft has released updates to address […]

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29 Mar 2010

Can you trust your NIC?

A very interesting article on exploiting NIC for running arbitrary code (hacking). Presentation entitled “Can you still trust your network card?”. Explains how an attacker could be able to exploit a flaw to run arbitrary code inside some network controllers (NICs). The attack uses routable packets delivered to the victim’s NIC. Consequently, multiple attacks can […]

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23 Dec 2009

I bet you would have not heard more than 3 of these Operating Systems.

1. ReactOS – http://www.reactos.org Goal: Run Windows apps on an open-source OS 2. Haiku – http://www.haiku-os.org Goal: Be a free reincarnation of BeOS 3. AROS – http://aros.sourceforge.net Goal: Recreate the glory days of AmigaOS 4. Aranym – http://aranym.sourceforge.net Goal: Keep the Atari ST/TT/Falcon alive 5. Syllable – http://www.syllable.org Goal: Provide a user-friendly desktop OS 6. […]

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10 Dec 2009

Vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB09-19 describes vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. Flash Player version 10.0.32.18 and earlier versions as well as Adobe AIR versions 1.5.2 and earlier are affected. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to visit a website that hosts a specially crafted SWF file. The Adobe Flash […]

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08 Dec 2009

People are used and things are loved.

A man was polishing his car. His 4 year old son scratched lines on the car by a stone. In anger man hit his son’s hand by the hammer. Resulting in loss of his son’s finger. Child – Dad when will my fingers grow back? Dad was hurt and speechless. He went back and kicked […]

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