Slackware Security Advisory – New libevent packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Debian Security Advisory 3530-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3530-1 – Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result on bypass of security manager restrictions, information disclosure, denial of service or session fixation.
Facebook's latest feature Alerts You if Someone Impersonates Your Profile
Online harassment has been elevated a step with the advent of popular social networks like Facebook.
Cyber stalkers create fake profiles impersonating other Facebook users and start doing activities on their behalf until and unless the owners notice the fake profiles and manually report it to Facebook.
Even in some cases, cyber stalkers block the Facebook account holders whom they
Microsoft says It's Deeply Sorry for Racist and Offensive Tweets by Tay AI Chatbot
After Microsoft’s Twitter-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ‘Tay’ badly defeated earlier this week, Microsoft has expressed apology and explained what went wrong.
For those unaware, Tay is Millennial-inspired artificial intelligence chatbot unveiled by Microsoft on Wednesday that’s supposed to talk with people on social media networks like Twitter, Kik and GroupMe and learn from
New Bill targets Anonymous Prepaid 'Burner' phones by requiring Registration
Terrorist organisations are increasingly using high-grade encryption technologies to prevent being caught by the law enforcement. But, that was not in the case of last year’s Paris attacks that killed 129 people, as Encryption seems to have played little to no role.
So, Who was the Real Culprit Behind the Attacks?
The ‘Burner’ Phones.
Burner Phones, or Prepaid mobile phones, are
CVE-2016-1160
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Favorite Posts plugin before 1.6.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2016-1344
The IKEv2 implementation in Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.6 and IOS XE 3.3 through 3.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via fragmented packets, aka Bug ID CSCux38417.
CVE-2016-1348
Cisco IOS 15.0 through 15.5 and IOS XE 3.3 through 3.16 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted DHCPv6 Relay message, aka Bug ID CSCus55821.
CVE-2016-1349
The Smart Install client implementation in Cisco IOS 12.2, 15.0, and 15.2 and IOS XE 3.2 through 3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted image list parameters in a Smart Install packet, aka Bug ID CSCuv45410.
CVE-2016-1350
Cisco IOS 15.3 and 15.4, Cisco IOS XE 3.8 through 3.11, and Cisco Unified Communications Manager allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via malformed SIP messages, aka Bug ID CSCuj23293.