A Friday Afternoon Troubleshooting Ruby OpenSSL... it's a trap!

Last Friday I was trying out some new code that one of my colleagues wrote to help automate some of ...

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Exploiting Serialized XSS in Joomla! (return of the undead CVE)

While reviewing Joomla! Vulnerabilities I felt a glitch in the matrix. Deja vu had set in and I was ...

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Fake Qantas Spam Campaign Leads to Andromeda Bot Infection

If you have booked a flight from Qantas recently, you might be expecting a booking confirmation in ...

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Digging Into the New Apache Injection Module

I recently got a chance to dig into a couple variants of the new Apache injection module that ...

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Welcome to the Spider’s Lair

"Will you step into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly; "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ...

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Old Exploits Still Do the Trick

We are all aware that patching is very important. Many websites, however, take the risk of not ...

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Debugging Android Libraries using IDA

During a recent test, I encountered a native JNI library used by an Android application. I needed ...

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SpiderLabs Radio June 21, 2013 w/ Space Rogue

This weeks episode of SpiderLabs Radio hosted by Space Rogue is brought to you by Trustwave ...

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The Problem With Networks .....

Where do I start with this open-ended statement? I guess from a pen testing perspective, quite a ...

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CBC-R: It's not just for padding oracles!

This is the short, technical version of a technique that I'll be writing more about in a few days. ...

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Wendel's Small Hacking Tricks - Microsoft SQL Server Edition

Since 2003 a large part of my workday has been devoted solely to hacking systems. Over this time ...

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[Honeypot Alert] Inside the Attacker's Toolbox: Webshell Usage Logging

In a previous blog post, we discussed the common lifecycle of web server botnet recruitment. While ...

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Discovering BMW Car Systems: Getting Started

Since I love both (in)security and cars, it is not uncommon for me to mix those things on a regular ...

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SpiderLabs Radio June 14, 2013 w/ Space Rogue

This week's episode of SpiderLabs Radio hosted by Space Rogue is brought to you by Trustwave's ...

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Sometimes, The PenTest Gods Shine On You

Settling down for a hacking session usually means lots of hard work and a long grind towards target ...

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2013

Finally, patch Tuesday has arrived and fortunately this one will be a real treat. This release ...

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TWSL2013-007: Multiple Vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player - Web Interface

Yesterday, Trustwave SpiderLabs has published an advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in the VLC ...

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TWSL2013-006: Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Coldbox

Trustwave SpiderLabs has published a new advisory yesterday fora reflective cross-site scripting ...

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[Honeypot Alert] Active Exploits Attempts for Plesk Vulnerability

Last week, hacker "kingcope" provided PoC expliot code for a Plesk 0-day on the Full Disclosure ...

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Behind the Phish: Romance Perhaps?

When I look at the masses of spam we receive on a daily basis, I often wonder who is behind it all. ...

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SpiderLabs Radio June 7, 2013 w/ Space Rogue

This week's episode of SpiderLabs Radio hosted by Space Rogue is brought to you by Trustwave's ...

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Microsoft Advance Notification for June 2013

So far this year we has had two Patch Tuesday months with seven bulletins (January and March) and ...

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ModSecurity Updates: Nginx Stable Release and Google Summer of Code Participation

Availability of ModSecurity 2.7.4: Nginx Stable Release The ModSecurity Development Team is pleased ...

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The Speed is from the Devil – Some Thoughts about Google’s New Disclosure Policy

If you follow info-security news, you might have heard about Google considering a change in its ...

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Alina: Following The Shadow Part 2

This will likely be the final blog post in this series on the Alina Point of Sale (POS) malware ...

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SpiderLabs Radio May 31, 2013 w/ Space Rogue

This weeks episode of SpiderLabs Radio hosted by Space Rogue is brought to you by Trustwave's ...

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Under The Hood: Linksys Remote Command Injection Vulnerabilities

Several models in the Linksys E-Series WiFi routers running their respective current firmwares are ...

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ModSecurity Performance Recommendations

Sometimes we see ModSecurity users asking about performance in the mail-list. During this post I ...

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