Cisco has demonstrated an attack against Stack Smashing Protection in Linux systems that is facilitated by a critical vulnerability in MiniUPnP.
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Google Challenges Number of Android Devices Affected by Linux Flaw
Google has patched Android against a critical Linux kernel vulnerability, and said the number of affected Android devices has been exaggerated.
LastPass Mitigates Newly Disclosed Phishing Attack
LastPass has mitigated the effects of a new phishing attack presented this weekend at ShmooCon.
Apple’s ‘Targeted’ Gatekeeper Bypass Patch Leaves OS X Users Exposed
Two separate Apple patches for Gatekeeper bypasses have been incomplete, and leave users exposed to attacks.
Questions Linger as Juniper Removes Backdoored Dual_EC RNG
Juniper Networks has removed the backdoored Dual_EC DRBG algorithm from its ScreenOS operating system, but new developments show Juniper deployed Dual_EC long after it was known to be backdoored.
SLOTH Attacks Up Ante on SHA-1, MD5 Deprecation
Researchers have demonstrated new collision attacks against SHA-1 and MD5 implementations in TLS, IKE and SSH.
Linode Resets Customer Passwords After Breach, DDoS Attack
Cloud-based webhost Linode, still under a DDoS attack, reset customer passwords after a suspected breach.
Six Things to Watch for in 2016
Computer security research and innovation took a beating in 2015. Some prep work in advance might help us cope next year. Here are six things to keep in mind.
Yahoo to Warn Users of State-Sponsored Attacks
Yahoo has announced it will follow in the footsteps of Twitter and Facebook and begin warning users when it believes their accounts have been targeted by a state-sponsored actor.
Juniper Backdoor Password Goes Public
The password protecting one of the two Juniper backdoors was published after it was discovered by researchers at Fox-IT and Rapid7.