The PHP development team has announced the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.7. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 90 bug fixes, some of which are security related. Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.7: Updated crypt_blowfish to 1.2. (CVE-2011-2483)
Noptrix.net has published details of a new a Skype HTML/Javascript code injection vulnerability. Affecting Skype versions <= 5.5.0.113 on Windows (XP, Vista, 7), the advisory describes a persistent code injection vulnerability due to a lack of input validation and output sanitization of home, office and mobile profile entries.
Anonymous Hackers upload a file on Torrent contain of the snapshot the the Danish Government database of companies. The contents of the database is currently browsable on the cvr.dk website, but the database is not available in bulk unless you purchase a license. The snapshot was obtained during the summer of 2011 by systematically harvesting data from the public parts of the cvr.dk websit.
The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) is an easy to use integrated penetration testing tool for finding vulnerabilities in web applications.It is designed to be used by people with a wide range of security experience and as such is ideal for developers and functional testers who are new to penetration testing as well as being a useful addition to an experienced pen testers toolbox.