Archive for August, 2012
Java Pwns Everyone…Again.
Java has a nasty habit of getting you owned. This latest 0day is no exception to the long-lived trend of reliable Java-based exploitation. Here’s what you need to know: The current exploitation method being employed in the wild right now leverages two zero day flaws in Java. The first flaw leverages an implementation issue (logic bug) within ClassFinder.findClass(), which is only present in Java 7.
Apache 2.4.x XSS and Back-end Connection Vulnerabilities News
Two new audits have been released recently in our Retina vulnerability scan engine to close a security vulnerability that can enable an attacker to upload files remotely via a XSS flaw or lead to privacy issues because of a back end connection closing issue (CVE-2012-2687 and CVE-2012-3502, respectively). These two new audits have been released…
Do You Have Users Hiding in Your Enterprise Servers?
Are you in control of the user accounts across your enterprise systems? Defunct user accounts, duplicate IDs, excessive rights – do these plague your current accounts database? More importantly – how many account databases are you maintaining…or failing to maintain? Identity services like authentication and single sign-on are critical in today’s business environments. Managing these…
Our CEO Quoted in The New York Times, “Struggling to Recover from a Cyberattack”
Today, The New York Times published an article (both in print and online), “Struggling to Recover from a Cyberattack”, a real-world account of how one organization dealt with a crippling cyberattack, driven by an insider. After MyBizHomepage was hacked, its founder, Peter Justen, considered declaring bankruptcy or shutting down. Our CEO, John Mutch, provided the…
August VEF Participant Wins a Kindle Fire
As you all know, every month we host our Vulnerability Expert Forum (VEF) webinar. This is a time where our experts share valuable insight regarding new vulnerabilities that are discovered and the actions that need to be taken as a result. It’s a quick way to get up to speed on current potential risks to…
Phishing for a Pay Day
Attackers are currently focusing their efforts on a recently patched Java flaw (CVE 2012-1723). According to Threatpost the flaw has been a recent target of several pieces of malware and Web based attacks as of late, focused on HR/Payroll employees using social engineering techniques to gain access to payroll systems. There are numerous audits released…
Does This GPO Make Me Look Fat?
I was on a call with a colleague and friend of mine Paddy McHale. We were walking a new PowerBroker Desktops (PBD) customer through some initial planning and setup. Being a Group Policy Extension quite commonly the topic of how many GPOs are required to maintain this software frequently comes up. Specifically, should a company…
Just Released Blink 6.0: Advanced Endpoint Protection
It has been a long time since any vendor has introduced game changing features to end point protection solutions. We have seen claims of better anti-virus protection, advanced persistent threat protection (APT), and even claims of massive resource savings using their latest versions. BeyondTrust believes in a defense in depth approach to end point protection…
PowerBroker Databases Best Practices for HIPAA Statutes
Protecting the electronic health information means any information created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurer, school or university, or health care clearinghouse; and relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an…
August 2012 Patch Tuesday – Oracle PWNS Microsoft, story at 11!
Oracle can be the butt of a lot of jokes when it comes to software security researchers. This Patch Tuesday, however, Oracle has taken things to the next level by not just having poorly secured products of their own but also providing the world with a remote vulnerability within Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft security bulletin MS12-058…
