Katello: lack of authorization in proxies_controller.rb

proxiescontroller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system...

Hardcoded Password Enables Remote Attacks on Samsung Printers

Password woes apparently aren’t limited to endpoints. US-CERT issued an advisory Tuesday warning users of Samsung printers, including some Dell printers manufactured by Samsung, that a hardcoded password could enable remote code execution. “Samsung printers contain a hardcoded SNMP full read-writ...

California Attorney General Puts Mobile App Developers on Notice

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a crackdown on mobile application developers and companies that haven’t posted privacy policies, at least where users can easily find them. The attorney general is giving recipients 30 days “to conspicuously post a privacy policy within...

Judge Rules Against Consumers' Claims in PlayStation Hack Lawsuit

A Southern California judge has rejected several key claims in a class-action lawsuit filed in response to Sony’s handling last year of a data breach that left millions of users at risk. In a ruling released by Courthousenews.com, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Battaglia ruled users did not ha...

An Interview With Eugene Kaspersky

Eugene Kaspersky has had an interesting, varied life, with more than his share of adventures, successes and challenges. He’s seen and done a lot, but when he learned that he was going to receive an honorary degree from Plymouth University in England he was taken aback. Excited, yes, and humbled,...

Verizon Settles with FCC for $1.25 Million Over Tethering Block

In an unprecedented move, the Federal Communications Commission ended a 10-month investigation of Verizon Wireless with a $1.25 million settlement for restricting Android customer access to “tethering” software used to relay Internet signals to other devices. The federal probe was launched after...

FTC Bares Teeth, Levies $800k Fine Against Data Brokerage Firm

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Federal Trade Commission FTC told data brokerage firm Spokeo it has until tomorrow to hand over $800,000 to the Treasurer of the United States. The ruling came in a case addressing the sale of personal Internet information for the purpose of job applicant...

PT-2012-3617 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9, and 10 Consumer Preview Description: The issue arises from improper handling of objects in memory, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by attempting to access a nonexistent...

New .Secure Global TLD Proposed

A group of security experts is working to put together a new global TLD that will require companies and individuals applying for domains to adhere to strict security policies and requirements. The proposed .secure TLD is intended to be a known safe group of domains and would include mandatory use...

Carrier IQ Hires a Chief Privacy Officer

Carrier IQ, a startup heavily bruised last fall by harsh criticism of its handset diagnostic software, today announced it’s hired a high-profile lawyer as its Chief Privacy Officer. According to a news release, Magnolia Mansourkia Mobley, a CIPP and former Verizon executive, will be tasked with...

Security Experts, Internet Engineers Urge Lawmakers to Drop CISPA

A long list of security, networking and computer science experts have signed a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday, asking them to drop support for CISPA and other proposed cybersecurity bills because they consider the measures overly broad and say they would infringe on users’ privacy and civil...

Richard Boscovich on the Zeus Botnet Takedown

Dennis Fisher talks with Richard Boscovich of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit about the operation to take down the Zeus botnet, how the company works with partners and law enforcement on these operations and the importance of getting the word out to consumers about the danger of botnets. Podcas...

FTC Privacy Framework Pushes for Do Not Track, Closer Inspection of Data Brokers

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new report on consumer privacy and online tracking and among the recommendations the commission makes is that data brokers make themselves known to consumers and be open and transparent about the data they collect on consumers. The FTC also says that...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to arbitrary code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier:...

The Value Of Data Privacy To Consumers? About 65 Cents.

What is the value of data privacy to online shoppers? About 65 cents, according to a new study of by researchers in Britain and Germany. The report: “Study on Monetising Privacy: An Economic Model for Pricing Personal Information” was released in February and presents the results of work by...

White House Lays Out Privacy Agenda

The Obama administration today unveiled a new consumer-privacy plan designed to help better protect users’ rights online, including a privacy “bill of rights” that spells out exactly what consumers should expect from the companies they work with online. In conjunction with this new initiative,...

Anonymous deface National Consumer and Federal Trade Commission sites against #ACTA

Anonymous deface National Consumer sites & Federal Trade Commission sites against ACTA Today, Anonymous Hackers deface multiple National Consumer websites over ACTA, the protests and hactivism continues against ACTA - 'The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement' is a proposed plurilateral agreement...

Citigroup sites hit by Brazilian Anonymous hacker #OpWeeksPayment

Citigroup sites hit by Brazilian Anonymous hacker Citigroup has confirmed its consumer banking sites were temporarily offline Friday because of what a bank spokesman referred to as temporary outages. Hackers with Anonymous have claimed to be behind the attacks. The operation behind the attacks...

Facebook, Washington Accuse Marketing Firm of Clickjacking

Facebook and the state of Washington are suing an ad network they accuse of encouraging people to spread spam through clickjacking schemes and other tactics. The company at the center of the allegations, Adscend Media, denies the charges and said it will fight them vigorously. According to the...

FTC Criticizes ICANN Plan to Expand Domain Names

The Federal Trade Commission FTC is taking aim at a plan by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN to increase the number of domains on the Web. On Dec. 16, the FTC sent a letter to ICANN claiming that expanding the number of generic top-level domains gTLDs would open users...