Category Archives: Security
Security
Boeing To Open Security Analytics Center In Singapore
Home Depot's Former Security Architect Had History Of Sabotage
Tripadvisor Site Coughs To Card Data Breach For A Potential 800k Users
80% Of App Devs Suck At Securing Your Data
LEADS Act Addresses Gov't Procedure For Requesting Data Stored Abroad
Malware-Laced Emails Appear to Come From LogMeIn
Spam emails pretending to be a security update for LogMeIn users, including a new security certificate countering Heartbleed attacks, are making the rounds, warns the SANS Institute.
xcode-select 13.4.0 Buffer Overflow
xcode-select on Darwin kernel version 13.4.0 suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability.
MS14-055 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server Could Allow Denial of Service (2990928) – Version: 3.0
Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V3.0 (September 23, 2014): Bulletin rereleased to announce the reoffering of the 2982385 security update file (server.msp) for Microsoft Lync Server 2010. See the Update FAQ for details.
Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if user clicks on a specially crafted URL. In all cases, however, an attacker would have to convince users to click on the specially crafted URL, typically by getting them to click the URL in an email message or in an Instant Messenger request.
2755801 – Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer – Version: 29.0
Revision Note: V29.0 (September 23, 2014): Added the 2999249 update to the Current Update section.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer on all supported editions of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows RT 8.1. The update addresses the vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player by updating the affected Adobe Flash libraries contained within Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11.