The vulnerabilities patched Tuesday in the Ruby on Rails Web framework have security researchers warning of the potential for serious attacks and saying that one of the bugs in particular could be easy prey for attackers. The most serious of the flaws is in the parameter parsing funct...
"There are multiple weaknesses in the parameter parsing code for Ruby on Rails which allows attackers to bypass authentication systems, inject arbitrary SQL, inject and execute arbitrary code, or perform a DoS attack on a Rails application," the advisory says. "The parameter parsing c...
All of the current versions of the Ruby on Rails Web framework have a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to inject code into Web applications. The vulnerability is a serious one given the widespread use of the popular framework for developing Web apps, and the ma...
All of the current versions of the Ruby on Rails Web framework have a SQL injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to inject code into Web applications. The vulnerability is a serious one given the widespread use of the popular framework for developing Web apps, and the ma...
A mid-year switch in communication protocol and distribution strategy is behind a spike in activity from the ZeroAccess botnet, a prolific and malicious ad click fraud network. Researchers at Kindsight Security Lab reported today that ZeroAccess accounts for 29 percent of home network...
There's a new family of malware that's using a complex set of capabilities to disable antimalware and listen in on sessions between users and some social networks. Bafruz is essentially a backdoor trojan that also is creating a peer-to-peer network of infected computers. This month's ...
