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THC-SSL-DOS Tool: Effortless DoS Attacks Against SSL Servers

A hacker group has released a proof-of-concept tool that exploits how encryption keys can be renegotiated to launch a distributed denial of service attack against Secure Sockets Layer servers.. A tool designed to launch denial of service attacks can bring down Secure Sockets Layer servers using just a laptop computer and a standard DSL connection. Developed by a German group called The Hacker's Choice, THC-SSL-DOS tool is intended to be a proof-of-concept to disclose "fishy security" in the SSL protocol, the group wrote on The Hacker's Choice blog Oct. 24. The link for this article located at eWeek is no longer available. . An innovative application exposes TLS weaknesses by executing DDoS strikes seamlessly on networks.. SSL Threat Tool, Denial of Service Attack, Encryption Exploit. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 Oct 26, 2011 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Cryptography
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MyFaces: Black Hat DC Advisory Reveals Data Exposure Risks

A technique used in Web application development platforms that provides a constant look-and-feel across multiple Web pages can potentially expose sensitive user data, such as credit-card numbers, according to researchers, who at next week's Black Hat DC will demonstrate a new class of vulnerabilities in Apache MyFaces, Sun Mojarra, and Microsoft ASP.NET. They will also release a tool that tests for the flaws.. The so-called "view state" technique in both the MyFaces and Mojarra frameworks can be exploited such that an attacker can view user data -- think username, password, and credit-card number -- that's temporarily stored on the server during a session. View state is basically a method for tracking changes to visual components on a Web page that lets the Web server update a Web page without moving from that page. "This is a fairly complicated vulnerability," says David Byrne, senior security consultant with Trustwave's SpiderLabs. "View state is something most people have heard of, but they aren't familiar with its inner workings. The tool we're going to release will help reveal those inner workings." Byrne and colleague Rohini Sulatycki, security consultant with Trustwave SpiderLabs, will demonstrate the types of attacks that can be waged using this class of vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Trustwave will release a security advisory about the vulnerabilities, along with steps to prevent them from exploitation. The link for this article located at Dark Reading is no longer available. . Vulnerability found in MyFaces & Mojarra frameworks reveals confidential information; Black Hat DC utility aids in identifying.. MyFaces Exploits, Mojarra Problems, Web Application Security Tool. . Benjamin D. Thomas

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New SubSeven 2.2 Backdoor Enhances Remote Access Capabilities

A new version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that gives attackers almost complete control over a victim's computer, is making the rounds on the Internet. And taking a cue from legitimate software vendors, SubSeven's creator plans to release . . . . A new version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that gives attackers almost complete control over a victim's computer, is making the rounds on the Internet. And taking a cue from legitimate software vendors, SubSeven's creator plans to release an SDK soon that will have a modular architecture, making it all the more difficult for intrusion-detection and anti-virus companies to stop. Version 2.2 of the software adds several new "features," including support for proxies, the ability to listen on any random port, a GUI-based packet sniffer and the ability to relay information about compromised machines to Web sites via CGI (common gateway interface), according to an alert released by Internet Security Services Inc. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . A new version of SubSeven, a powerful and well-known backdoor program that gives attackers almost co. version, subseven, powerful, well-known, backdoor, program, gives, attackers, almost. . Anthony Pell

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