Tageszusammenfassung - Dienstag 3-02-2015

End-of-Shift report

Timeframe: Montag 02-02-2015 18:00 − Dienstag 03-02-2015 18:00 Handler: Robert Waldner Co-Handler: Alexander Riepl

Cisco Anyconnect and Cisco HostScan Web Launch XSS Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco Host Scan could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the user of the client when AnyConnect is launched through the web interface.

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8021


Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Integrated Management Controller Cross-Frame Scripting Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Integrated Management Controller of the Cisco Unified Computing System C-Series Rack Servers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute a cross-frame scripting (XFS) attack.

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0599


Remember Me Safely - Secure Long-Term Authentication Strategies

Lets say you have a web application with a user authentication system, wherein users must provide a username (or email address) and password to access certain resources. Lets also say that its properly designed (it uses ..

https://resonantcore.net/blog/2015/02/remember-me-safely-secure-long-term-authentication-strategies


How a penetration test helps you meet PCI compliance guidelines

In order to protect credit card data, sometimes businesses have to think like a hacker. Every year, merchants who transmit, process, or store payment card data must conduct a suite of security test...

http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=2213


Trotz Update: Adobe warnt vor neuer Flash Player-Lücke

Nachdem vor einer Woche kritische Sicherheitslücken geschlossen wurden, muss Adobe erneut warnen

http://derstandard.at/2000011209756


DSA-3151 python-django - security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Pythonweb development framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposuresproject identifies the following problems:

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3151


Creative Evasion Technique Against Website Firewalls

During one of our recent in-house Capture The Flag (CTF) events, I was playing with the idea of what could be done with Non-Breaking Spaces. I really wanted to win and surely there had to be a way through the existing evasion controls. This post is going to be a bit code-heavy for most end-users,Read More

http://blog.sucuri.net/2015/02/creative-evasion-technique-against-website-firewalls.html


XSS, XFS, Open Redirect Vulnerabilities Found on About.com (SecurityWeek)

http://www.securityweek.com/xss-xfs-open-redirect-vulnerabilities-found-aboutcom


Beware of emails pushing Google Chrome updates!

Google Chrome users are being actively targeted with a spam email campaign impersonating the Internet giant, urging them to download a newer version of the popular browser because theirs ..

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php


Online-Erpresser verschlüsseln Datenbank und fordern 50.000 US-Dollar Lösegeld

Sicherheitsexperten habe eine perfide Erpressungsmasche entdeckt: Die Täter manipulieren Web-Dienste so, dass sie die von den Nutzern eingegebenen Daten verschlüsselt speichern.

http://heise.de/-2535621


Low VirusTotal detection rates for new malware, do they matter?

It is not as important as is often suggested - and doesn't mean the malware is allowed to execute.It is fairly common these days for security researchers to write about new malware attacks and point to low anti-virus detection rates when the affected sample is uploaded to VirusTotals multi-AV ..

http://www.virusbtn.com/blog/2015/02_03.xml?


Google belohnt auch Sicherheitsforscher, die keine Lücken finden

Wer nach neuen Schwachstellen sucht, weiss nie, ob sich die investierte Zeit rechnet. Bei traditionellen Bug Bounties winkt schliesslich nur im Erfolgsfall Bares. Google experimentiert nun mit einem neuen Ansatz.

http://heise.de/-2535890


Dumping Git Data from Misconfigured Web Servers

Every so often when performing a penetration test against a web application or a range of external/internal servers I come across publicly accessible .git directories. Git is a revision control tool that helps keep track of ..

https://blog.netspi.com/dumping-git-data-from-misconfigured-web-servers/