[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mediawiki-1.25.3-1.fc22

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network - http://zeronet.io Why? We believe in open, free, and uncensored network and communication. No single point of failure: Site remains online so long as at least 1 peer serving it. No hosting costs: Sites are served by visitors...

Researchers Disrupt Angler Exploit Kit, $60 Million Ransomware Campaign

Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to it that purportedly netted a hacker more than $30 million annually. According to a report published today, experts with Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Grou...

USN-2754-1 thunderbird vulnerabilities

Andrew Osmond, Olli Pettay, Andrew Sutherland, Christian Holler, David Major, Andrew McCreight, and Cameron McCormack discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a...

HTTPS Available as Opt-In for Blogspot

Google said on Wednesday it has made HTTPS available as an opt-in for its Blogspot publishing service. Google and other technology providers have been ramping up encryption rollouts in the two years since the publication of the Snowden documents began. To date, Google has encrypted Gmail, search,...

The vulnerability of the multimedia player iTunes and the iOS operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code or trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the WebKit component in the multimedia player iTunes and the iOS operating system exists due to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure by using a specially crafted...

Google Report Outlines Dependencies in the For-Profit Cybercrime Food Chain

Security specialists need to change the game and shift gears, researchers argue – instead of focusing on protecting their users and systems, they should narrow their sights on trying to shake up cybercrime’s seedy underbelly. At least that’s how Kurt Thomas and Elie Bursztein, researchers at...

Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A remote attacke...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome browser allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the decompose function in the Blink component of the Google Chrome browser is related to security configuration errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to cause service interruptions through a specially crafted website...

Multiple Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Synology Download Station

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Multiple Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Synology Download Station ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Han Sahin, September 2015...

CVE-2015-2494

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted web site, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2486, CVE-2015-2487, CVE-2015-2490,...

MGASA-2015-0344 Updated webmin packages fix CVE-2015-1990

Updated webmin package fixes security vulnerability: A malicious website could create links or Javascript referencing the xmlrpc.cgi script, triggered when a user logged into Webmin visits the attacking site CVE-2015-1990...

China Police Arrest 15,000 Suspects for Alleged Cyber Crimes

China Police has arrested nearly 15,000 people on suspicion of cyber crimes as part of an operation dubbed "Cleaning the Internet," according to reports. According to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security MPS, the suspects have been arrested for their involvement in cyber crimes that "jeopardiz...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: drupal7-7.39-1.fc21

Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal is a Content Management System written in PHP that can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Drupal is highly configurable, skinnable, and secure...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mediawiki-1.25.2-2.fc22

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mediawiki-1.25.2-2.fc23

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

Apple OS X History Search Vulnerability

Apple OS X is a BSD-based operating system distributed by Apple. Apple OS X Quicklook has a security vulnerability that allows local users to search for previously viewed visited WEB sites, launch a WEB browser, and render WEB sites...

The vulnerability of the Moodle learning management system allows attackers to carry out phishing attacks.

The vulnerability of the Moodle learning management system is due to problems with open redirection. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to conduct phishing attacks by redirecting users to arbitrary websites remotely...

Rig Exploit Kit 3.0 Claims 1 Million Malvertising Victims

LAS VEGAS – A rampant malvertising campaign fueled by a new version of the Rig Exploit Kit has claimed at least 950,000 victims worldwide and is doing so with an unprecedented success rate. Researchers at Trustwave said in advance of this week’s Black Hat conference that they have been watching...

Atlassian JIRA 4.3.x < 5.1.1 Multiple Open Redirect Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version number, the version of Atlassian JIRA hosted on the remote web server is 4.3.x prior to 5.1.1. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple open redirect vulnerabilities. A remote attacker, using a crafted URL, can exploit these vulnerabilities to...