openSUSE Security Update : ImageMagick (openSUSE-2019-419)

This update for ImageMagick to version 7.0.7-34 fixes the following issues : The following security issue was fixed : - Fixed numerous use of uninitialized values, integer overflow, memory exceeded, and timeouts. The following non-security issues were fixed : - Added support for reading eXIf chun...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: firefox-66.0.1-1.fc30

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC) 8.18 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, PC, version 8.18 contains several new features and improvements in Qualys Vulnerability Management and Policy Compliance, which include CertView Vulnerability Scan for EC2 Assets, support for new authentication types to filter vulnerabilities,...

Lynis 2.7.3 - Security Auditing Tool for Unix/Linux Systems

We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditin...

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0293-1 Security update for supportutils

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary processes bsc1118463. - CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log files bsc1118460. - CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: firefox-66.0-6.fc29

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

Update to Microsoft Checks

Part of the glamorous life of an ASV involves a rigorous Quality Assurance program to ensure that we are the best ASV's we can possibly be. Some of those efforts are not as readily apparent to our clients as others; but on some occasions, we like to share when our work directly benefits those who...

PCI & SSL/Early TLS QIDs 38601, 42366

Two QIDs will be marked as PCI Fail on May 1, 2019 as required by ASV Program Guide: QID 38601 “SSL/TLS Use of Weak RC4 Cipher” QID 42366 “SSLv3.0/TLSv1.0 Protocol Weak CBC Mode Server Side Vulnerability BEAST” Last revision of ASV Program Guide ver. 3.1 has the following for SSL/TLS component: “...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: firefox-65.0.2-1.fc28

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Beauty Out of Chaos: Elevating Cybersecurity to an Art Form – Part 2

Art and cybersecurity are not two worlds usually seen sharing the same orbit. But at Trend Micro we believe there’s a vision, a mastery of skill and a passion which unites both. It’s an approach we’ve spent the past three decades honing as serious barriers have emerged to challenge IT efforts to...

The not-so-definitive guide to cybersecurity and data privacy laws

US cybersecurity and data privacy laws are, to put it lightly, a mess. Years of piecemeal legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and government surveillance crises, along with repeated corporate failures to protect user data, have created a legal landscape that is, for the American public and...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: firefox-65.0.2-1.fc29

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

EU Cookie Compliance (GDPR Compliance) - Critical - Cross site scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2019-033

This module addresses the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR that came into effect 25th May 2018, and the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications from 2012. It provides a banner where you can gather consent from the user when the website stores cookies on their computer or...

openSUSE Security Update : supportutils (openSUSE-2019-293)

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary processes bsc1118463. - CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log files bsc1118460. - CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code...

Securing CDN Delivery with TLS at Massive Scale

The growth of HTTPS on the Internet Amidst ever-growing security concerns, providing protected Internet connections is more important than ever. The movement towards an Internet that places more emphasis on data integrity and confidentiality is taking place swiftly. HTTP connections are giving wa...

Linux: KexAlgorithms

Key exchange is any method in cryptography by which cryptographic keys are exchanged between two parties, allowing use of a cryptographic algorithm. If the sender and receiver wish to exchange encrypted messages, each must be equipped to encrypt messages to be sent and decrypt messages received...

SUSE-SU-2019:0480-1 Security update for supportutils

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-19640: Fixed an issue where users could kill arbitrary processes bsc1118463. - CVE-2018-19638: Fixed an issue where users could overwrite arbitrary log files bsc1118460. - CVE-2018-19639: Fixed a code...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: firefox-65.0.1-1.fc29

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability...

Encryption of Federal Data

One of the biggest challenges our customers face when pursuing Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program FedRAMP compliance is the federal mandate that Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules must be consistently applied where cryptography is...