Juniper Steel-Belted Radius Multiple OpenSSL Vulnerabilities

The version of Juniper Steel-Belted Radius software installed on the remote RedHat or CentOS host is affected by multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities : - The SSL 3.0 implementation in OpenSSL does not properly initialize data structures for block cipher padding, which could allow remote attackers to...

In Wake of Latest Crypto Revelations, 'Everything is Suspect'

So now that RSA Security has urged developers to back away from the table and stop using the maligned Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation Dual EC DRBG algorithm, the question begging to be asked is why did RSA use it in the first place? Going back to 2007 and a seminal...

On The Latest NSA Revelations, the Tor Botnet and Kimsuky

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the news of the last couple of weeks, including the revelations of the NSA’s anti-cryptography capabilities, the botnet making use of Tor and the Kimsuky cyberespionage attack. Download: digitalunderground126.mp3...

Bitcoins - Secured by NSA designed Encryption or Backdoored ?

It’s been nearly three months since Edward Snowden started telling the world about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of global communications. After the last week report that the National Security Agency has leveraged its cooperative relationships with specific industry partners to...

DefCamp 2013 - International Hacking and Information Security Conference in Romania

The Fourth Edition of an International Information Security Conference hosted in Romania , The DefCamp 2013 is now open for Call for Papers. Over 300 Security experts, Researchers, and Enthusiasts from Romania and neighboring countries are expected to take part in the event in Bucharest, at the...

Bruce Schneier on the NSA, Cryptography and Trust

Dennis Fisher talks with cryptographer Bruce Schneier about the revelations of the NSA’s capabilities to subvert and weaken cryptographic algorithms, security products and standards, and what it will take to help defeat these capabilities. Download: digitalunderground125.mp3 Subscribe to the...

DefCamp 2013 - International Hacking and Information Security Conference in Romania

The Fourth Edition of an International Information Security Conference hosted in Romania , The DefCamp 2013 is now open for Call for Papers. Over 300 Security experts, Researchers, and Enthusiasts from Romania and neighboring countries are expected to take part in the event in Bucharest, at the...

Snowden-Leaked NSA Budget Shows Code-Breaking Investments

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden quantify the resources supporting an extensive intelligence community crypto-cracking program. Tens of thousands of people and billions of dollars are behind the Consolidated Cryptologic Program, as reported yesterday by The Washington Post. Signals...

Fedora Update for libtomcrypt FEDORA-2013-14488

Check for the Version of libtomcrypt OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for libtomcrypt FEDORA-2013-14488 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

EUVD-2022-3062

Apache CXF 2.5.x before 2.5.10, 2.6.x before CXF 2.6.7, and 2.7.x before CXF 2.7.4 does not verify that a specified cryptographic algorithm is allowed by the WS-SecurityPolicy AlgorithmSuite definition before decrypting, which allows remote attackers to force CXF to use weaker cryptographic...

PT-2013-1808 · Apache · Apache Cxf

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache CXF versions 2.5.x through 2.5.9 Apache CXF versions 2.6.x through 2.6.6 Apache CXF versions 2.7.x through 2.7.3 Description: The issue allows remote attackers to force the use of weaker cryptographic algorithms than intended, making i...

Cracking Cryptography and Encryption Exponentially Easier

It’s been a brutal month for crypto. Starting with the Black Hat conference, researchers, engineers and hackers have been unveiling new weaknesses and attacks in different cryptographic implementations that threaten the security of communication and commerce on the Web. Not only have holes been...

Microsoft discontinues MD5 crypto for digital certificates to improve RDP Authentication

This week Microsoft has released several advisories to help their users update from weak crypto. Microsoft is beginning the process of discontinuing support for digital certificates that use the MD5 hashing algorithm and to improve the network-level authentication for the Remote Desktop Protocol...

MS KB2862966: Updates to Improve Cryptography and Digital Certificate Handling in Windows

The remote host is missing Microsoft KB2862966, an update that improves cryptography and digital certificate handling in Windows. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid69332; scriptversion"1.6"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:28"; scriptxrefname:"MSKB"...

MS KB2862973: Update for Deprecation of MD5 Hashing Algorithm for Microsoft Root Certificate Program

The remote host is missing Microsoft KB2862973, an update that restricts the use of certificates with MD5 hashes. This restriction is limited to certificates issued under roots in the Microsoft root certificate program. This update increases the difficulty of some spoofing, phishing, and...

Warning: Android Bitcoin wallet apps vulnerable to theft

A critical vulnerability in the Android implementation of the Java SecureRandom random number generator was discovered, that leaves Bitcoin digital wallets on the mobile platform vulnerable to theft. Before the announcement was made, users on the forums had noticed over 55 BTC were stolen a few...

Warning: Android Bitcoin wallet apps vulnerable to theft

A critical vulnerability in the Android implementation of the Java SecureRandom random number generator was discovered, that leaves Bitcoin digital wallets on the mobile platform vulnerable to theft. Before the announcement was made, users on the forums had noticed over 55 BTC were stolen a few...

Criminals rapidly migrating to new digital Currency 'Perfect Money' after Liberty Reserve takedown

There are so many ways to move money anonymously on the Internet and US Justice Department has declared war on currencies widely used by cyber criminals. Just after the Law Enforcement in 17 countries shuts down 'Liberty Reserve', a $6 billion digital money laundering operation, now the criminals...

New Twitter Login Verification System Avoids SMS Codes

Twitter is rolling out an updated login verification system for iPhone and Android that uses a novel cryptographic scheme that is designed to be resilient against attack and ensures that the private key never leaves the user’s device. The system doesn’t rely on SMS to send codes to users for logi...

Experts Urge ECC crytpo over RSA algorithm

LAS VEGAS – Cryptographic breakthroughs have accelerated in the past six months in areas such as discrete logarithm computations that lead experts to believe that breaking the stalwart RSA algorithm may be in the not-too-distant future. A team of crypto experts today at Black Hat USA 2013 present...