Category: Vulnerabilities

Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 02
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Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 02

After completing Nebula Level 01, I decided to quickly run into Nebula Level 02. After quickly looking at the code they have provided, it came [ continue reading... ]

Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 01
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Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 01

After completing Nebula level 00, I’ve finally had time to move to Level 01, and give it some thought. In level01 you’re given a short [ continue reading... ]

Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 00
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Exploit Exersizes Nebula Level 00

Recently I’ve became very interested in more of the security aspect of Linux, and Computers in general. That’s when I came across the site www.exploit-exercises.com/. [ continue reading... ]

Linux Kernel 2.6.30+ RDS Vulnerability
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Linux Kernel 2.6.30+ RDS Vulnerability

Recently it was reported by VSR Security that Linux Kernel versions 2.6.30+ are affected by an exploit due to the implementation of RDS (Reliable Datagram [ continue reading... ]

Warning: Change your Google Account Password
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Warning: Change your Google Account Password

Today my gmail account was commandeered by a spammer, and spam emails were sent from it to many mailing lists, along with all my contacts. [ continue reading... ]

KDE KDM Vulnerability Elevation of Privilage
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KDE KDM Vulnerability Elevation of Privilage

Sebastian Krahmer from the SUSE Security team has found a vulnerability in KDM which will allow a local user to elevate their privileges to root [ continue reading... ]

VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2010-0007
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VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2010-0007

VMware Security AdvisoryAdvisory ID: VMSA-2010-0007Synopsis: VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issuesIssue date: 2010-04-09Updated on: 2010-04-09 (initial release of advisory)CVE [ continue reading... ]

Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner Ubuntu vulnerabilities
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Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner Ubuntu vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-921-1 April 09, 2010firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.1 vulnerabilitiesCVE-2010-0173, CVE-2010-0174, CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176,CVE-2010-0177, CVE-2010-0178, CVE-2010-0179, CVE-2010-0181,CVE-2010-0182===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 9.10This advisory also [ continue reading... ]

Microsoft Emergency Out-of-Band Security Update
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Microsoft Emergency Out-of-Band Security Update

As most of you have heard there has recently been an exploit in Internet Explorer that caused data breaches at some of the largest companies [ continue reading... ]

RedHat.com Servers Infiltrated – Time for Novell’s big move?
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RedHat.com Servers Infiltrated – Time for Novell’s big move?

I was going about my day at work and went to go on www.redhat.com, only to find out that “The site is temporarily unavaliable. Please [ continue reading... ]