Ubuntu Security Notice 2943-1 – It was discovered that PCRE incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications using PCRE to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Debian Security Advisory 3534-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3534-1 – Guido Vranken discovered several vulnerabilities in dhcpcd, a DHCP client, which may result in denial of service.
New Server-Side Ransomware Hitting Hospitals
Hackers are escalating recent attacks against hospitals with new stains of server-side ransomware whose most recent variants are dubbed SamSam and Maktub.
FBI is fighting back against Judge's Order to reveal TOR Exploit Code
Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was ordered to reveal the complete source code for the TOR exploit it used to hack visitors of the world’s largest dark web child pornography site, PlayPen.
Robert J. Bryan, the federal judge, ordered the FBI to hand over the TOR browser exploit code so that defence could better understand how the agency hacked over 1,000 computers and if
Banks ‘should not compensate’ victims of online fraud
UK Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has advised banks not to offer compensation to victims of online fraud.
The post Banks ‘should not compensate’ victims of online fraud appeared first on We Live Security.
APPLE-SA-2016-03-28-1 OS X: Flash Player plug-in blocked
From: Apple Product Security
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APPLE-SA-2016-03-28-1 OS X: Flash Player plug-in blocked Due to security issues in older versions, Apple has updated the web plug-in blocking mechanism to disable all versions prior to Flash Player 21.0.0.182 and 18.0.0.333. Information on blocked web plug-ins will be posted to: http://support. [...]
Bugtraq: BMC-2015-0010: User enumeration vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) Unix/Linux RSCD Agent (CVE-2016-1542)
BMC-2015-0010: User enumeration vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) Unix/Linux RSCD Agent (CVE-2016-1542)
Bugtraq: BMC-2015-0011: Unauthorized password reset vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) (CVE-2016-1543)
BMC-2015-0011: Unauthorized password reset vulnerability in BMC Server Automation (BSA) (CVE-2016-1543)
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 3533-1] openvswitch security update
[SECURITY] [DSA 3533-1] openvswitch security update
Bugtraq: Fireware XTM Web UI – Open Redirect
Fireware XTM Web UI – Open Redirect