Apple Clarifies Privacy Policy

Apple’s clarified and repackaged privacy policy is merely the storefront to a company-wide decision to make the safety and integrity of user data a differentiator among large technology companies, experts said. The new privacy policy appeared today filled with practical advice for users, describi...

Security of iMessage System Comes to the Fore Again

The iMessage system, like much of what Apple does, is mostly a black box. The company doesn’t talk much about how the system works, and although some security researchers found a couple years ago that Apple could read users’ encrypted messages if they so choose, law enforcement has had no luck in...

China Demands Tech Companies to give them Backdoor and Encryption Keys

A number of western companies are doing big business in China, but now they may have to pay a huge value for to do so. China has introduced strict new banking cyber security regulations on western companies selling technology to Chinese banks. The Chinese government wants backdoors installed in a...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2013:1450)

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

More Celebrity Photos Leaked — Kim Kardashian and Others Targeted

So far people have not forgotten about the recent celebrity iCloud hacking scandal, a new wave of photographs of celebrities have been leaked in what appears to be the second edition of the massive leak related to the celebrities intimate-images on Internet earlier this month. Among the victims o...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Updated kernel packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detaile...

Linux Kernel Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation and DoS Attack

Multiple flaws have been identified in Linux Kernel and related software could allow hackers to hack your Linux machines, shared hosting and websites hosted on them. PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VULNERABILITY IN LINUX KERNEL A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the widely used Linu...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2153-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2153-1: initramfs-tools vulnerability

Kees Cook discovered that initramfs-tools incorrectly mounted /run without the noexec option, contrary to expected behaviour...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3010)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3010 advisory. - inet: fix addrlen/msg-msgnamelen assignment in recverror and rxpmtu functions Hannes Frederic Sowa 18247290 CVE-2013-7263 CVE-2013-7265 -...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.32-400.34.3 - inet: fix addrlen/msg-msgnamelen assignment in recverror and rxpmtu functions Hannes Frederic Sowa 18247290 CVE-2013-7263 CVE-2013-7265 2.6.32-400.34.2 - exec/ptrace: fix getdumpable incorrect tests Kees Cook 18239033 CVE-2013-2929 CVE-2013-2929 - inet: prevent leakage of...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (ELSA-2013-2585)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2585 advisory. - afkey: fix info leaks in notify messages Mathias Krause Orabug: 17837974 CVE-2013-2234 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc for failing hardware...

Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (ELSA-2013-2583)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-2583 advisory. - HID: pantherlord: validate output report details Kees Cook Orabug: 17841973 CVE-2013-2892 - HID: zeroplus: validate output report details Kees Cook...

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel security update

kernel-uek 2.6.32-400.33.3uek - afkey: fix info leaks in notify messages Mathias Krause Orabug: 17837974 CVE-2013-2234 - drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: use kzalloc for failing hardware Jonathan Salwan Orabug: 17837971 CVE-2013-2164 - fs/compatioctl.c: VIDEOSETSPUPALETTE missing error check Kees Cook...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel update

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6. This is the fifth regular update. The Red Hat Security Response Team has...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1918-1

Check for the Version of linux-ti-omap4 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN19181.nasl 7958 2017-12-01 06:47:47Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1918-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is...

USN-1918-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:1051 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1846-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1844-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...