Microsoft Research Detours Package

Detours is a software package for monitoring and instrumenting API calls on Windows. Detours has been used by many ISVs and is also used by product teams at Microsoft. Detours is now available under a standard open source license MIT. This simplifies licensing for programmers using Detours and...

Foreshadow Attacks — 3 New Intel CPU Side-Channel Flaws Discovered

2018 has been quite a tough year for Intel. While the chip-maker giant is still dealing with Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities, yet another major speculative execution flaw has been revealed in Intel's Core and Xeon lines of processors that may leave users vulnerable to cyber-attacks...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

Lynis 2.6.7 - Security Auditing Tool for Unix/Linux Systems

We are excited to announce this major release of auditing tool Lynis. Several big changes have been made to core functions of Lynis. These changes are the next of simplification improvements we made. There is a risk of breaking your existing configuration. Lynis is an open source security auditin...

Microsoft Adds Direct Trust for Let’s Encrypt

Microsoft has added direct trust for Let’s Encrypt certificates, meaning that all major browsers and operating systems, including Apple, Blackberry, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Oracle, now all directly trust the Let’s Encrypt root, ISRG Root X1. Let’s Encrypt provides free digital certificates...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4270

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, watchOS 4.3.2, Safari 11.1.2, iTunes 12.8 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.6...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4272

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 11.4.1, tvOS 11.4.1, watchOS 4.3.2, Safari 11.1.2, iTunes 12.8 for Windows, iCloud for Windows 7.6...

Lightning Fast Web Crawler: Photon

Photon is a lightning fast web crawler which extracts URLs, files, intel & endpoints from a target. 160 requests per second while extensive data extraction is just another day for Photon! Main Features Data Extraction Photon extracts the following data while crawling by default: URLs in-scope &...

Apple iOS, tvOS and watchOS Kernel Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Apple iOS, tvOS, and watchOS are products of Apple Inc. Apple iOS is an operating system developed for mobile devices; tvOS is a smart TV operating system; and watchOS is a smart watch operating system. kernel is one of the kernel components. A security vulnerability exists in the Kernel componen...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: cups-2.2.6-16.fc28

CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD operating systems. It has been developed by Apple In c. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

WAScan v0.2.1 - Web Application Scanner

WAScan Web Application Scanner is a Open Source web application security scanner. It is designed to find various vulnerabilities using "black-box" method, that means it won't study the source code of web applications but will work like a fuzzer, scanning the pages of the deployed web application,...

The vulnerability of the mptcp_usr_connectx function in the kernels of operating systems such as Mac OS X, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context.

The vulnerability of the mptcpusrconnectx function in the kernels of operating systems such as Mac OS X, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS arises due to buffer overflows. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context using a specially created...

Bluetooth “BlueBorne” Vulnerabilities - NL

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-17125 Potential Impact: Remote code execution Severity: High Scope of Impact: Industry wide CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-0781, CVE-2017-0782, CVE-2017-0783, CVE-2017-0785, CVE-2017-8628, CVE-2017-14315, CVE-2017-1000250, CVE-2017-1000251 Summary Description: A collection...

HTTPS+TLS and IPv6-enablement both in the majority for World Cup streaming

The underlying protocols of the Internet continue to evolve, and massive events such as the World Cup are a great opportunity to see this in action. A single-match peak for live video streaming of 22.5 Tbps was set on Akamai on Tuesday July 10 during the semi-final in Russia between France and...

Debian DSA-4234-1 : lava-server - security update

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in LAVA, a continuous integration system for deploying operating systems for running tests, which could result in information disclosure of files readable by the lavaserver system user or the execution of arbitrary code via a XMLRPC call. C Tenable Network...

The vulnerability of the Win32k component in Windows operating systems, which allows attackers to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the Win32k.sys component in Windows operating systems is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to enhance their privileges by using a specially created application...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony (CVE-2016-3610 CVE-2016-3598 CVE-2016-3606 CVE-2016-3587 CVE-2016-3511 CVE-2016-3550 CVE-2016-3485)

Summary Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM Platform Symphony and IBM Spectrum Symphony Vulnerability Details CVE IDs: CVE-2016-3610 CVE-2016-3598 CVE-2016-3606 CVE-2016-3587 CVE-2016-3511 CVE-2016-3550 CVE-2016-3485 Affected Products and Versions IBM Platform Symphony: 5.2, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.1,...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM System Storage SONAS (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary GNU C library glibc vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM System Storage SONAS Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0235 DESCRIPTION: The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library glibc are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but val...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in SSLv3 affects Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center (CVE-2014-3566)

Summary SSLv3 contains a vulnerability that has been referred to as the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption POODLE attack. SSLv3 is enabled in Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3566 DESCRIPTION: Product could allow a remote attacker to...