openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1549)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.165-81.1 to receive various bugfixes. The following non-security bugs were fixed : - 9p locks: fix glock.clientid leak in dolock bnc1012382. - 9p: clear dangling pointers in p9statfree bnc1012382. - ACPI / LPSS: Add alternative ACPI HIDs for Cherry...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.165-81.1 to receive various bugfixes. The following non-security bugs were fixed: - 9p locks: fix glock.clientid leak in dolock bnc1012382. - 9p: clear dangling pointers in p9statfree bnc1012382. - ACPI / LPSS: Add alternative ACPI HIDs for Cherry...

What You Should Know About the Changing Nature of Telephone-Based Payments

In March 2011, the PCI SSC released the initial version of the "Protecting Telephone-Based Payments Card Data" Information Supplement as a guide to help assessors assess environments where cardholder data was stored, processed, and/or transmitted over the telephone. It was a pivotal guidance...

LightBulb Framework - Tools For Auditing WAFS

LightBulb is an open source python framework for auditing web application firewalls and filters. Synopsis The framework consists of two main algorithms: GOFA : An active learning algorithm that infers symbolic representations of automata in the standard membership/equivalence query model. Active...

insufficient TLB flushing / improper large page mappings with AMD IOMMUs

ISSUE DESCRIPTION In order to be certain that no undue access to memory is possible anymore after IOMMU mappings of this memory have been removed, Translation Lookaside Buffers TLBs need to be flushed after most changes to such mappings. Xen bypassed certain IOMMU flushes on AMD x86 hardware...

Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari Plans to Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in 2020

All major web browsers, including Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, altogether today announced to soon remove support for TLS 1.0 20-year-old and TLS 1.1 12-year-old communication encryption protocols. Developed initially as Secure Sockets Layer...

PCI & QID 38598 “Deprecated Public Key Length”

QID 38598 “Deprecated Public Key Length” will be marked as PCI Fail as of November 1, 2018 in accordance with its CVSS score. Under PCI DSS merchants and financial institutions are required to protect their clients' sensitive data with strong cryptography. Strong cryptography is defined in the...

What You Need to Know from the North American PCI Community Meetings

Too busy to attend the PCI Community Meetings this year? Coalfire has you covered with the top 6 things you need to know from the most important annual payments conference in the world...

Accelerating PCI Data Security Standard projects with Deep Security as a Service

Does your organization need to meet PCI DSS requirements? Are you struggling with multiple security tools? Or stretching your already overstretched team to prepare for an audit? Time to hit the accelerator with Trend Micro! If your applications deal with credit or payment card data, you need to g...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.18.9 - rebuild bumping release 4.1.12-124.18.8 - Cipso: cipsov4optptr enter infinite loop yujuan.qi Orabug: 28563992 CVE-2018-10938 - Btrfs: fix listadd corruption and soft lockups in fsync Liu Bo Orabug: 28119834 - x86/paravirt: Fix spectre-v2 mitigations for paravirt guests Peter...

Assessing Linux Security Configurations with SCAP Workbench

Recently I had a chance to work with OpenSCAP. It's a set of free and open-source tools for Linux Configuration Assessment and a collection security content in SCAP Security Content Automation Protocol format. In this post I will write about SCAP Workbench. It is a GUI application that can check...

Cb Protection 8.1 Makes Replacing Legacy Antivirus On Critical Systems and Servers Easier Than Ever

Cb Protection, has a long history of innovation in the market. Many have referred to Cb Protection as a pioneer in the application control market. Application control also known as whitelisting is used to lock down critical systems and servers. It's also one of the strongest forms of protection a...

Static vs Dynamic Data Masking: Why Are We Still Comparing the Two?

Earlier this month a leading analyst released their annual report on the state of Data Masking as a component of the overall Data Security sector; which included commentary on what’s known as ‘static’ data masking and an alternative solution known as ‘dynamic’ data masking. And these two solution...

Sending tables from Atlassian Confluence to Splunk

Sometimes when we make automated analysis with Splunk, it might be necessary to use information that was entered or edited manually. For example, the classification of network hosts: do they belong to the PCI-DSS Scope or another group critical hosts or not. In this case, Confluence can be quite ...

Cloud Security For The Healthcare Industry: A No-Brainer

The healthcare industry has become one of the likeliest to suffer cyber-attacks, and there’s little wonder why. Having the financial and personal information of scores of patients makes it a very appetizing target for attackers. Just over a year ago, the WannaCry ransomware attack wreaked havoc o...

Cloud Migration Fundamentals: Overcoming Barriers to App Security [Infographic]

As more organizations move to the cloud, the line of responsibility in securing applications can become rather blurred. The concept of control has historically rested in physical location and ownership. With the move to the cloud, however, the idea of security by proxy is changing and so should o...

5 Key Factors to Consider When Comparing Cloud Security Solutions [Video]

Migrating to the cloud can be a challenge, and so can securing your platform once you’re there. It means having a security solution that is quick, adaptable and equipped to handle a wider breadth of attacks. Whether you’re in the market for a new security product, or you’re looking to switch, the...

Security Bulletin: Monitoring Agent for WebSphere Applications is affected by a potential for sensitive personal information to be visible when you use the diagnostics or transaction tracking capability of the agent

Summary Monitoring Agent for WebSphere Applications WebSphere Applications agent for short, which is delivered in the Cloud APM product, has addressed the following vulnerability: -- The privacy filter used by the WebSphere Applications agent does not shield PCI data when the diagnostics or...

PCI DSS v3.2.1 – What You Need to Know

On Thursday, May 17, the PCI Security Standards Council PCI SSC released an updated version of the PCI DSS standard, primarily to include clarifications and minor revisions around controls that referenced SSL/early TLS. The new version removes notes referring to the effective date of February 1,...

PCI Scan Accuracy cannot be verified through Load Balancer with non-identically configured or non-synced systems

The remote has is behind a load balancer either with a non-identical configurations to its peers, or is not synced with its peers. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid109582; scriptversion"1.2"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2019/04/04 10:19:47";...