PREVIOUS GNEWSPREVIOUS GNEWS

• August• 9 Patches – 14 bugs addressed

• Affecting XML, Office, Visual Basic, GDI, VML (IE), Media Player, Windows Gadgets, Vista, Virtual PC / Server

Patch Tuesday

• 9 Security Patches - 6 Critical, 3 Important– MS07-042 – XML Core Services - Remote Code

Execution (IE)– MS07-043 – OLE Automation - Remote Code

Execution (Office, VB)– MS07-044 – Excel – Remote Code Execution – MS07-045 – IE Cummulative– MS07-046 – GDI - Remote Code Execution

(Windows)– MS07-047 – Media Player – Code Execution– MS07-048 – Windows Gadgets - Code Execution– MS07-049 – Virtual PC / Server – Privilege

Escalation– MS07-050 - VML - Remote Code Execution (IE,

Windows)

• September• X Patches – X bugs addressed

• Affecting Windows, Visual Studio, Windows Services for Unix, Messenger

Patch Tuesday

• 4 Security Patches, X bugs addressed – MS07-051 - X - Remote Code Execution (Windows)– MS07-052 - X - Remote Code Execution (Visual

Studio)– MS07-053 - X - Privilege Escalation (Windows

Services for Unix)– MS07-054 - X - Remote Code Execution ( MSN / Live

Messenger)

DATA LOSS

• 32 + reported incidents

• Launch of SSNBreach.org

• Monster.com trojan– 1.6 million Records

• OK Law Enforcement Breached– Kiowa County police departments affected, no details

• Verisign, Stolen Laptop, Fired Employee– HR, Employee data

• Scotland Yard, Stolen Laptop– Wire tap data and evidence

Holes / Patches

• Out of Cycle Vista Patches– 5 patches - 2 Important, 2 Recommended, 1 Optional

• Apple Patches iTunes - Buffer over flow in album cover art

• Cisco VOIP - SIP, IPv6, Secure Copy– Dos code posted to milw0rm

• Cisco VPN – Privilege Escalation in cvpnd.exe

• Cisco Catalyst – Dos in CSM and CSM-S

• WireShark – Crash on MMS message parsing

Hacking

• R.I.P. Joybubbles 1949- 2007

• KeeLog anti-theft cipher cracked (copy key and travel)– Used on Chrysler, Daewoo, Fiat, General Motors, Honda, Toyota,

Volvo, Volkswagen, and Jaguar

• Still more iPhone, new hardware and software unlock methods

• Site with foreign embassy accounts / passwords shutdown by US law enforcement – Story still on going– Account list still available, but in motion– Data collected via tor exit nodes

• MS starts ‘Hackers’ blog (looking for a few good white hats)

Holes

• StormWorm– DoS in Canada– Uses Google Blogger– Now using Tor– Local sightings?

• Opera - Unspecified error in JavaScript pointer

• 5 of 8 Ubuntu servers hacked

• Oracle JInitiator – Overflow in beans.ocx Activex Control

• Novell Client – Overflow in NWSPOOL.DLL

• German hacker clones e-passport

Corp. Hell• WhiteDust.net closes under peer pressure / animosity

• More Sony RootKits– MicroVault USM-F Fingerprint Reader and USB Stick

• SourceFire buys ClamAV• Acer to buy Gateway• Oracle buy BridgeStream

• PathLink preps for IPO, changes name – Lumension Security

• NetApp sues Sun, Patent infringement related to ZFS file system

• FaceBook to be opened to search engines

• MS to ‘bundle’ Windows Live Messenger to OS (like IE)

• VMware IPO may violate Copyrights

Holes• Medeco announces it will change lock design after Defcon demo

• SIP ease dropping possible on undisclosed VOIP vendor– Other vendors may also be vulnerable

• Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP

• Bind 8 End-of-Life and cache poisoning

• MS Genuine Advantage triggered false positives due to human error

• Vista audio bug may cause network performance to drop

• Skype outage (it’s hackers, no windows patches, no wait…..)

Film / Music• Paramount drops Blu-Ray

• NY Times, Paramount and DreamWorks paid for HD allegiance

• Court rules no violation, AllofMP3.com vows a come back

• Wachowski Brothers rendering of Speed Racer

• Live action Robotech with Toby McGuire

• New Medium Enterprises launches HD VMD (Versatile Multilayer Disc)– Players for $150, 30 GB capacity, 40 Megabits / second

• Zap2it closes, MythTV loses tv guide service

• Safari ‘Active Window’ feature used to slurp music off of MySpace profiles

Papers

• HD Moore “Tactical Exploitation” WhitePaper

• Follow-up to Anti-Forensics• Stanford Law “Evidentiary Implications of Potential Security

Weaknesses in Forensic Software”

WTF!?• Johnson & Johnson sues Red Cross over cross logo

• Drug test the Metroplex, Raw sewage used to show “area” drug use

• Thieves use surveillance gear to heist stores remotely

• Comcast forges bit torrent traffic to throttle P2P, may be violating criminal impersonation statutes

• Skype reads /etc/passwd

• Cleveland Copper thieves cause network outage

• UK Judge wants DNA stored in national database

Updates• Apple iTunes 7.4.1• Apple Airport Firmware 7.2.1• Apple iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb updated / Apple drops Apple Works• New iPods

• XeroBank xbMachine Launch• XeroBank xbBrowser 2.0.0.6

• Eudora is back• Pwdump 6 and fgdump 1.6.0• Sqlninja 0.1.3• Aanval 3.2 (snort frontend)• Simpleness 2.0 (nessus frontend)• Redcurtain malware detection luanched• BotHunter• OpenWall Kernel Patch• Tenshi 0.8 (log monitor)

• MS Live ID Launch (replaces passport)• MS SilverLight 1.0 (cross browser plug-in like Adobe Flash)• Vista SP1 due Q1 2008

Legal• Caller ID Spoofing to be illegal

• German law follow-up– Stefan Essar, removes code from old PHP sites (Month of…)– THC migrates web site, is reported as “last to leave”

• NY Judge overturns portion of Patriot Act

• Electronic Crimes Bill 2007 could usher in Death Penalty for cyber terrorism

• RIAA can’t pay it’s court ordered fines

• Coupons.com sues user under DMCA for deleting registry key– Deleting key allows for multiple use of coupons

• California RFID implant follow-up, Bill was based to ban company implants

• 9th Circuit court rules AT&T terms of service clause “unconscionable”– Clause states that by using AT&T’s service you waive the right to class actions

suits

CON Results

• Chaos Camp Summary, a call to Americans on how to run a con

• Virtualization rootkit slides posted (from defcon)

• Oracle 11g exposed at Hack in the Box

CON Events

• Completed Cons– Chaos Communications Camp, 8 - 12 August - Berlin– Hack In The Box, 3 – 6 Sept. – Kuala Lumpur

• Future Cons– ToorCon, 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2007 - San Diego CA– Phreaknic, 20 - 22 Oct 2007 - Nashville TN– LISA, 11 - 16 Nov 2007 - Dallas TX– OWASP + WASC, 12 -15 Nov - San Jose CA– BreakPoint, 15 - 18 Nov - Mexico– Chaos Communication Congress, 27 - 30 Dec 2007 - Berlin

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