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Sûnnet Beskerming Alert List Advisory #223
You are receiving this message because you have subscribed to our Information Security Alert Mailing List, or have been selected for a specific one-off copy. If you believe that you are receiving this message in error, please contact info@... to resolve the error. Why not upgrade to get same day notification on security threats? Details and rates available online - (http://www.beskerming.com/premium/generic_advisory.html). Why not go the next step and get delivery tailored just for your company? (http://www.beskerming.com/premium/focussed_advisory.html) Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SECURITY -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Microsoft - Remote Hacker Automatic Control - Time Since Discovery - 2 Days ======================================= /* - Remote or Local - Can it be achieved through a network or does it require physical access? - Hacker - The bad guy - Manual or Automatic - Does the vulnerability need to be manually performed, or can it be automated? - Control, Denial of Service or Data Theft - Will the hacker get control of your system / website, will they prevent you from using it, or will they steal data. */ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Google Buys Evil 2.2 Storm Worm Storm ===================================== 1. SECURITY 1.1 Microsoft - Remote Hacker Automatic Control -- Products Affected -- Windows DNS Server (Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server) -- Technical Description -- Expansion and clarification of the issue identified by the ISC (Fee based Advisory #61). Remote code execution by a non-authenticated user is possible by targeting the RPC interface of the DNS Server. The underlying problem is a stack-based buffer overflow when RPC ports between 1024 and 5000 are targeted remotely. -- Description -- It has been discovered that Microsoft's DNS Server is vulnerable to an attack which provides the remote attacker with full control over a vulnerable system. Note that this is a different issue from the Microsoft DNS Server remote attack described previously (Fee based Advisory #61). This attack was discovered in the wild, with exploit code to be publicly released in the near future. -- Recommended Action -- Administrators can follow the advice provided at the Source: link, which includes modifying the registry to prevent RPC remote management capability. Other workarounds include blocking relevant network ports at the firewall, and using advanced networking security options, such as IPsec. -- Source -- (Paid subscription required to access) -- Updates Available -- (Paid subscription required to access) -- External Tracking Data -- (Paid subscription required to access) -- Threat Matrix -- U O Home User - - (Nil) Corporate 10 10 (Highly Critical) ======================================= /* Threat Matrix: U - User O - Operator Harmless - 0 ----- 10 - Highly Critical */ ======================================= 2. NEWS 2.1 Google Buys Evil Regarded by many as pure evil, the online advertising powerhouse of DoubleClick has been purchased by Google for just over $3 billion USD in cash. While Microsoft were initially linked to bids on the advertising provider, rumours of a counter-bid by Google were expected to result in a hotly contested bidding war (and massive payday for the private equity owners of DoubleClick). While the successful purchase by Google is not too surprising, the final purchase price is surprising to a lot of observers. Previous bid estimates had the company tentatively valued in the region of $2 billion USD. A price premium of more than 50%, especially when paid in cash, is a surprise (a welcome one for the previous owners). Prices such as this for online companies is only fuelling speculation that the market is entering a second tech bubble period. 2.2 Storm Worm Storm Email inboxes globally have been staggering under a recent onslaught of spam from the Storm worm, in addition to efforts to add new vulnerable systems to the massive bot networks that are hosting the worm. Specialist spam-detecting companies claim that more than 5 million messages were blasted out by the worm in less than 24 hours, more than three times the volume pumped out by previous variants of the worm. Messages from the worm are varied in their content, but there is a mix of traditional spam and some fairly intelligent malware infection attempts which claim to show that the targeted system is already infected with a malicious infection. This massive worm attack comes at the same time as massive hoax viruses in Pakistan (no, there currently isn't a massive killer virus being transmitted via mobile phone handsets), and practical demonstration of techniques to bypass the much-vaunted SiteKey banking authentication system. ======================================= Sincerely, Sûnnet Beskerming Team info@... Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. Adelaide, Australia http://www.beskerming.com Tel: +61 (0) 410 707 444 ** Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. ** Established in mid 2004, Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. is the sister company to Jongsma & Jongsma Pty. Ltd., and was formed to develop and commercialise the research coming out of Jongsma & Jongsma Pty. Ltd.. Sûnnet Beskerming Pty. Ltd. is an Information Security specialist and, in conjunction with the tools developed by Jongsma & Jongsma Pty. Ltd., provides total security solutions and services, from the perimeter to internal data stores, including web application security and security testing and analysis. _______________________________________________ Alertmailinglist mailing list Alertmailinglist@... http://skiifwrald.com/mailman/listinfo/alertmailinglist_skiifwrald.com |
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