November 2013

29 Nov 2013

Advanced Persistent Timelords

A thought experiment explores cybersecurity challenges if attackers could manipulate time. The analysis examines potential vulnerabilities in physical access, document security, personnel management, and digital systems under a hypothetical temporal manipulation scenario. The exploration demonstrates how traditional security controls would break down if an attacker could jump to different points in time or pause time itself.

29 Nov 2013

Debug All the Android Things

This blog post describes a technique for enabling debugging on Android applications using Cydia Substrate. The method involves hooking the Android process startup method to force debugging flags, allowing developers to use jdb to interact with and manipulate running Android applications, even for apps not marked as debuggable in their manifest.

27 Nov 2013

Millenial Media Ad Library

A critical vulnerability was discovered in the Millenial Media SDK across mobile platforms. The SDK's WebView implementation allows attackers to perform dangerous actions like file manipulation, clipboard access, audio recording, and cross-application exploitation through malicious JavaScript injection. These security flaws could enable comprehensive mobile device compromise and unauthorized access to sensitive user information.

20 Nov 2013

AppLovin Ad Library SDK: Remote Command Execution via Update Mechanism

A critical vulnerability was discovered in the AppLovin Ad Library SDK for Android that enables remote command execution through an insecure update mechanism. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious code into applications by exploiting the SDK's dynamic class loading process during updates. An attacker can craft a malicious SDK update that gets automatically downloaded and executed when an application starts.

12 Nov 2013

Run SAP, Run

Metasploit modules for SAP system security assessment were developed to comprehensively test SAP enterprise environments. The modules enable penetration testers to discover SAP services, enumerate clients, perform bruteforce attacks, and execute remote commands across different SAP connectors. Multiple attack techniques were demonstrated, including information gathering, credential extraction, and obtaining interactive shells on both Linux and Windows SAP systems.