Metasploit Wrapup

Slowloris: SMB edition Taking a page from the Slowloris HTTP DoS attack, the aptly named SMBLoris DoS attack exploits a vuln contained in many Windows releases back to Windows 2000 and also affects Samba a popular open source SMB implementation. Through creation of many connections to a target's...

openssh security, bug fix and enhancement update

6.6.1p1-11 + 0.9.3-9 - fix direction in CRYPTOSESSION audit message 1171248 6.6.1p1-10 + 0.9.3-9 - add new option GSSAPIEnablek5users and disable using /.k5users by default CVE-2014-9278 1169843 6.6.1p1-9 + 0.9.3-9 - log via monitor in chroots without /dev/log 1083482 6.6.1p1-8 + 0.9.3-9 - increa...

[OpenSSH 6.5] FREE version of the SSH Connectivity Tools

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users of the Internet rely on. Users of telnet, rlogin, and ftp may not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic including passwords to effectively...

Boasting Better Encryption, Bug Fixes, OpenSSH 6.5 Released

The OpenBSD Project pushed out a new build on Thursday of the OpenSSH security suite, adding a new private key format, a new transport cipher and fixing 15 bugs in the Secure Shell. OpenSSH version 6.5 adds support for the key exchange using elliptic-curve Diffie Hellman within cryptographer Dani...