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FreeFloat FTP Server - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Ashfaq Ansari Reported  FreeFloat FTP Server - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. In computer security and programming, a buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, is an anomaly where a program, whilewriting data to a buffer, overruns the buffer's boundary and overwrites adjacent memory. This is a special case ofviolation of memory safety.Buffer overflows can be triggered by inputs that are designed to execute code, or alter the way the program operates.This may result in erratic program behavior, including memory access errors, incorrect results, a crash, or a breach ofsystem security. This Exploit helps to gain remote access on FreeFloat FTP using FEAT command. Download Proof of Concept from Here and Exploit is Available here . [ Source ]

UCLA psychology department database hacked by Inj3ctor Inj3ctor team of Hackers take responsibility for the release of information from the psychology department's database which included the names, home addresses and dates of birth of 26 applicants to the university. The attacker also published some information that helped him access the database. He highlighted the open ports and the versions of the services he relied on to hack the site. This is not the first time that the department database has been dumped on Pastebin. In July 2011, another hacker posted psychology department faculty's phone number, first and last name, e-mail address, street address, and UCLA ID number. Webmasters from UCLA IT are still investigating the hacking, but Bollens said it is likely the result of a SQL injection, which makes programs give more information than intended for release. The psychology department's outdated database may have made it more susceptible to the SQL injection, where the hacke

Sky News Twitter account Hacked Hackers yesterday accessed the Twitter account for Sky News business desk and posted a tweet claiming that James Murdoch had been arrested by London police. It has also lately been used by hacker groups to simply raise their profile and make the public aware of their existence. Soon re-twitted by many followers, the fake news created quite a stir.The false tweet was erased within minutes, but not before other Twitter users had shared it across the network. Sky News is likely to find out soon whether the hack was executed by an insider - possibly as a joke - or by hackers.

Permissions in SaaS platforms like Salesforce, Workday, and Microsoft 365 are remarkably precise. They spell out exactly which users have access to which data sets. The terminology differs between apps, but each user's base permission is determined by their role, while additional permissions may be granted based on tasks or projects they are involved with. Layered on top of that are custom permissions required by an individual user.  For example, look at a sales rep who is involved in a tiger team investigating churn while also training two new employees. The sales rep's role would grant her one set of permissions to access prospect data, while the tiger team project would grant access to existing customer data. Meanwhile, special permissions are set up, providing the sales rep with visibility into the accounts of the two new employees. While these permissions are precise, however, they are also very complex. Application admins don't have a single screen within these applications th

Uniscan 5.2 is released -  vulnerability scanner Uniscan is a open source vulnerability scanner for Web applications. Uniscan 2.0 is a perl vulnerability scanner for RFI, LFI, RCE, XSS and SQL-injection. features: Identification of system pages through a Web Crawler. Use of threads in the crawler. Control the maximum number of requests the crawler. Control of variation of system pages identified by Web Crawler. Control of file extensions that are ignored. Test of pages found via the GET method. Test the forms found via the POST method. Support for SSL requests (HTTPS). Proxy support. Generate site list using Google. Generate site list using Bing. Plug-in support for Crawler. Plug-in support for dynamic tests. Plug-in support for static tests. Plug-in support for stress tests. DOWNLOAD UNISCAN 5.2 Tutorials to create your plug-ins: https://www.uniscan.com.br/tutorial1.php https://www.uniscan.com.br/tutorial2.php https://www.uniscan.com.br/tutorial3.php

Duqu computer virus Detected by Iran civil defense organization The virus is called W32.Duqu, or just Duqu create fear after the opening Pandora's Box of Stuxnet. The head of Iran's civil defense organization told the official IRNA news agency that computers at all main sites at risk were being checked and that Iran had developed software to combat the virus. First, Duqu is not deigned to harm industrial automation. The software basically attacks windows systems. Instead of sabotaging industrial control, Duqu has been general remote access capabilities. Duqu has a key logger and can save passwords etc.. The malware uses HTTP and HTTPS to communicate to a command and control (C&C) server at 206.183.111.97, which is hosted in India, the IP is inactive as of October 18th. Duqu infiltrates systems directly it is not a worm like Stuxnet and needs to be placed directly, e.g. through infected mails.Duqu also the certificate of C-Media Electronics Incorporation, a Taiwanese audio ch