Stuxnet is the first malware in recent history that attacked industrial control systems also known as SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems developed by Siemens (Siemens SIMATIC WinCC). These systems monitor and control critical industrial facilities like nuclear power plants, power grids etc. Clearly, any security breach in such systems can have far reaching [...]

As some of you may know, Palo Alto Networks discovered 2 critical vulnerabilities for Microsoft DirectX which were released today via Microsoft’s July security bulletin. Successful exploitation of these critical vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to run remote code on a victim’s PC. The 2 vulnerabilities CVE-2009-1538 (DirectX Pointer Validation Vulnerability) and CVE-2009-1539 (DirectX Size [...]

Conficker is back in the news as there are reports of new variants popping up. I’m sure that you’ve all heard the news and hype about how many endpoints Conficker has infected, and even more speculation on what the bot herder will do with the massive botnet. Here’s some background info on Conficker and what [...]