openSUSE Security Update : libssh2_org (openSUSE-2015-242)

libssh2org was updated to version 1.5.0 to fix bugs and a security issue. Changes in 1.5.0: Added Windows Cryptography API: Next Generation based backend Bug fixes : - Security Advisory: Using SSHMSGKEXINIT data unbounded, CVE-2015-1782 - missing libssh2error in libssh2channelwrite - knownhost: F...

Apple TV multiple security vulnerabilities

Weak cryptography, memory corruption, restrictions bypass...

Apple iOS multiple security vulnerabilities

Buffer overflows, DoS, memory corruption, restrictions bypass, weak cryptography...

OpenSSL Security Audit Ready to Start

Funding from the Core Infrastructure Initiative has helped the maintainers of OpenSSL, one of the Internet’s most-deployed pieces of open source software, begin to get the crypto implementation on its feet. Despite its ubiquity, OpenSSL has historically been under-funded and under-resourced, thou...

MS KB3033929: Availability of SHA-2 Code Signing Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

The remote host is missing Microsoft KB3033929, an update that improves cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid81731; scriptversion"1.3"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/11/15...

Government Report Critical of FAA Security Controls

The Federal Aviation Administration has been put on notice that its information security controls are not up to par and that a risk-based program must be implemented from the ground up in order to assure the safety of its networks and passengers in the sky. A scathing Government Accounting Office...

TrueCrypt Audit Cryptanalysis Handed Off to NCC Group

The stagnant TrueCrypt audit stirred to life in the last 24 hours with the announcement that the second phase of the audit, tasked with examining the cryptography behind the open source disk encryption software, will begin shortly. NCC Group’s Cryptography Services has been contracted to do the...

Securing DNS Essential to Web's Future, Dan Kaminsky

CANCUN – “2015 got weird… really weird.” Those were some of the first words spoken by Dan Kaminsky in his talk today at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit Monday. He was referring to a few key events from the last several weeks: the Sony hack debacle, or what he called “North Korean or...

Security feature bypass

The CryptProtectMemory function in cng.sys aka the Cryptography Next Generation driver in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gol...

MS15-010: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3036220)

The remote Windows host is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel-mode driver that is caused by improperly handling objects in memory. CVE-2015-0003, CVE-2015-0057 - A security...

OWASP SSL audit: O-Saft

O-Saft is an easy to use tool to show informations about SSL certificate and tests the SSL connection according given list of ciphers and various SSL configurations. It’s designed to be used by penetration testers, security auditors or server administrators. The idea is to show the important...

CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2015:0066 centos7

Check the version of openssl SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882095";...

CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2015:0066 centos6

Check the version of openssl SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882101";...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

RHEL 6 / 7 : openssl (RHSA-2015:0066)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0066 advisory. OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL, Transport Layer Security TLS, and Datagram Transport Layer Security...

CentOS 6 / 7 : openssl (CESA-2015:0066)

Updated OpenSSL packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

openssl security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:0066 Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

NSA Official: Support for Compromised Dual EC Algorithm Was 'Regrettable'

In a new article in an academic math journal, the NSA’s former director of research says that the agency’s decision not to withdraw its support of the Dual ECDRBG random number generator after security researchers found weaknesses in it and questioned its provenance was a “regrettable” choice...

Quantum Encryption Makes Credit Cards Fraud-Proof

Credit card frauds are very common these days – today a data breach occurs in retailer’s shop, online shopping site or banking site and at the next moment millions of cards appears in the underground black market – how simple is that for cyber criminals nowadays. But imagine if there is no possib...

GCHQ Releases 'Cryptoy' App for Kids to Teach Encryption

British government surveillance agency GCHQ – counterpart of NSA – has fired-up another debate over the Internet by launching Android application to encourage teenagers to tackle emerging cybersecurity threats. The newly launched Android app, dubbed "Cryptoy", was developed by STEM science,...