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Infographic: Facebook Security In A Nutshell
As Facebook’s population has grown from thousands to millions to hundreds of millions, security has come to be an even greater concern. In recent years, the company has had to respond to threats ranging from spam to Facebook-specific malware like Koobface, all the while keeping scammers and...
Massachusetts Inaugurates New Cyber Security Center
Hundreds of business leaders and academics joined Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Attorney General Martha Coakley to launch the state’s Advanced Cyber Security Center ACSC, one of the first of its kind in the nation. Speaking at the local headquarters of the MITRE Corporation, Patrick an...
Rethinking DEFCON
For nearly two decades, the DEFCON hacking conference has brought together people with an interest in investigating technology and cracking security. In recent years, however, DEFCON has suffered significant growing pains. Getting between sessions meant pushing through crowds reminiscent of major...
kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size
The setupargpages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIGSTACKGROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the 1 arguments and 2 environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of...
Google Funds Web Anti Malware Startup Dasient
Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Google Inc., has invested in anti malware firm Dasient, according to a statement from the company on Monday. Based in Sunnyvale, California, Dasient sells a Web anti malware technology and has deep ties to Google. Co-founders Neil Daswani and Shariq Riz...
Data Consumption via Opera Mini Reaches 6.3 Petabytes
Opera releases monthly data generated by its users. In November 2010, Opera reported significant increases in unique users, pages viewed, and data consumed via its Mini browser. Around 80 million people used the Opera Mini browser in November, viewing 44.6 billion pages. According to Opera, its...
К 2015 году в зоне покрытия сетей 4G будут проживать свыше 60% населения планеты
В аналитической компании ABI Research прогнозируют, что к 2015 году в зоне покрытия сетей 4G будут проживать свыше 60% населения планеты. В отчете компании говорится, что в течение следующих пяти лет потенциальная зона охвата сетей LTE, WiMax и иных 4G-стандартов составит 4,4 млрд человек. Данная...
DSA-1861-1 libxml - several issues
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LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...
LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...
Important: kernel security update
2.6.18-8.1.10.0.1.el5 - Fix bonding primary=ethX Bert Barbe IT 101532 ORA 5136660 - Add entropy module option to e1000/bnx2 John Sobecki ORA 6045759 2.6.18-8.1.10.el5 - mm Prevent the stack growth into hugetlb reserved regions Konrad Rzeszutek 253313 CVE-2007-3739 2.6.18-8.1.9.el5 - misc cpuset...
LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS via unspecified vectors...
Sun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Service
Sun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981/info Sun Java is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle certain Java applets. Successfully exploiting this issue will cause the...
security flaw
The Orinoco driver orinoco.c in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier does not properly clear memory from a previously used packet whose length is increased, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information...
Memory overwrite in string library — Mozilla
Daniel de Wildt discovered a memory handling flaw in Mozilla string classes that could overwrite memory at a fixed location if reallocation fails during string growth. This could theoretically lead to arbitrary code execution. Creating the exact conditions for exploitation--including running out ...
Linux news 25.07.00
FOR ALL Итак, вторая ежегодная международная Linux - тусовка в Калужской области закончилась. Да да - я не ошибся, назвав ее международной, т.к. были представители таких стран, как Беларусь, Чехия и США. Правда люди с Чехии и США живут в России, но это не суть важно ;-. Ваш покорный слуга был в...
Keep Your Tech Flame Alive: Trailblazer Rachel Bayley
In this Akamai FLAME Trailblazer blog post, Rachel Bayley encourages women to step into the unknown and to be their authentic selves...
