BackBox Linux 4.2 - Ubuntu-based Linux Distribution Penetration Test and Security Assessment

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable...

CVE-2015-1415

FreeBSD 10.x installations using the bsdinstall installer with full-disk encrypted ZFS store the GELI master key in /boot/encryption.key with permissions 0644, exposing the key to local users. Root cause: default keyfile permissions are too open (world-readable) instead of 0600. Impact: local att...

CVE-2015-1415

The bsdinstall installer in FreeBSD 10.x before 10.1 p9, when configuring full disk encrypted ZFS, uses world-readable permissions for the GELI keyfile /boot/encryption.key, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading the file...

FreeBSD -- Insecure default GELI keyfile permissions

Problem Description: The default permission set by bsdinstall8 installer when configuring full disk encrypted ZFS is too open. Impact: A local attacker may be able to get a copy of the geli8 provider's keyfile which is located at a fixed location...

Change to Lollipop Encryption Policy May Not Have Much Effect, Experts Say

Google has made a subtle, but important, shift in the requirements for Android handset makers, saying now that OEMs manufacturing phones that will run Lollipop do not have to enable disk encryption by default. This is a major change from the company’s stated position from just a few months ago, b...

Use HTC One vulnerability to crack mobile PIN password-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

HTC One phone is running Android 4.2.2 and HBOOT 1.54.0000, it exists a file called Bootloader vulnerability. This vulnerability early in the 2 0 1 4 year 2 month's report to the HTC official, and at times months to fix the vulnerability. In get HTC official consent, we will now take the entire...

Mac EFI is exposed a major security vulnerability by Thunderbolt devices to spread malicious programs-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Next week, Germany at the Chaos Communication Congress Security Conference, a researcher Trammell Hudson will present a new method, through the unique production of Thunderbolt devices in the Mac EFI boot firmware in the injection almost impossible to not remove the Bootkit virus. The exploits of...

CVE-2013-2599

A certain Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC patch to the NativeDaemonConnector class in services/java/com/android/server/NativeDaemonConnector.java in Code Aurora Forum CAF releases of Android 4.1.x through 4.3.x enables debug logging, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive disk-encryption...

Code injection

A certain Qualcomm Innovation Center QuIC patch to the NativeDaemonConnector class in services/java/com/android/server/NativeDaemonConnector.java in Code Aurora Forum CAF releases of Android 4.1.x through 4.3.x enables debug logging, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive disk-encryption...

Check Point Endpoint Security Full Disk Encryption RDP Connection Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36315/info Check Point Software Endpoint Security Full Disk Encryption for Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue will allow attackers to crash the affected computer,...

CVE-2014-2005

Sophos Disk Encryption SDE 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console SEC 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen...

CVE-2014-2005

Sophos Disk Encryption SDE 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console SEC 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen...

Authentication flaw

Sophos Disk Encryption SDE 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console SEC 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen...

CVE-2014-2005

CVE-2014-2005 concerns Sophos Disk Encryption (SDE) 5.x managed via Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC) 5.x, prior to 5.2.2. It allows an unauthenticated, physically proximate attacker to resume from sleep without a login screen, gaining desktop access. Affected: SDE/SEC stack; root cause: failure to...

CVE-2014-2005

Sophos Disk Encryption SDE 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console SEC 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen...

Sophos Disk Encryption vulnerable to authentication bypass

Overview Sophos Disk Encryption contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. Sophos Disk Encryption is a product to encrypt hard disk data on Windows PC. By default, Window requires logon authentication when the PC wakes up from hibernation or sleep mode. When Sophos Disk Encryption is...

JVN#63940326: Sophos Disk Encryption vulnerable to authentication bypass

Sophos Disk Encryption is a product to encrypt hard disk data on Windows PC. By default, Window requires logon authentication when the PC wakes up from hibernation or sleep mode. When Sophos Disk Encryption is installed, no authentication is required before operating the PC. Impact An...

Android Outlook App Could Expose Emails, Attachments

There are two issues with the way Microsoft’s Outlook application encrypts content on older versions of Android that could expose users’ emails and email attachments. Paolo Soto, a researcher with the security firm Include Security, said his team initially dug up the vulnerabilities in November...

Kali Linux introducing Emergency Self Destruct feature to Full Disk Encryption

Full disk encryption is expected to be the top security technology to be adopted this year. Take a moment to think about the information that is present on your personal computer, i.e. Photos, passwords, emails, Important documents from work or Financial data and trade secrets. Many of us from th...

Research Outlines New Deep Freeze Data Recovery Technique on Android Phone

Hackers and data recovery specialists alike could soon be turning to a new technique that under the right conditions can allow for the harvesting of personal information from phones, even after they’ve been frozen. A group of German researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have...