CVE-2013-2897

Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device HID subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIGHIDMULTITOUCH is enabled, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and...

BlackBerry Z10 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BlackBerry Z10 users should be aware that there is a privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability potentially allows a hacker to modify or edit data on a stolen BlackBerry Z10 smartphone with BlackBerry Protect enabled, identified as BSRT-2013-006 CVE-2013-3692 According to the...

MatrixDAR - First Military Grade Encryption for Android

AuthenTec, a leading provider of mobile and network security, today introduced a new security offering that provides military-grade encryption to data stored on today's Android smartphones and tablets without sacrificing device performance. AuthenTec's MatrixDARTM for Android meets the stringent...

Video: Locking Down iOS

Considering the rapid proliferation of smartpones and tablets and the vast wealth of personal and financial data many of us store on them, it is increasingly important that we find ways of securing our mobile devices. With that in mind, we decided there was no better way to kick-off a series of...

Ubiquiti Networks AirOS Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

AirOS is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers execute arbitrary commands in the context of the application. This issue occurs because the application fails to adequately sanitize user- supplied input. Successful attacks can compromise the affected application and possibly the underlying...

Protecting Your BlackBerry Smartphone with Security Wipe

Protecting Your BlackBerry Smartphone with Security Wipe The BlackBerry device is a wonderful thing. We load our BlackBerries with various softwares and applications to increase our productivity and customize them with interesting themes and ringtones. We watch movies and play games and track day...

Russian firm Elcomsoft unveils tool to crack BlackBerry encryption security

Russian firm Elcomsoft unveils tool to crack BlackBerry encryption security A Russian security company has upgraded a phone-password cracking suite with the ability to figure out the master device password for Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices. Elcomsoft said that before it developed the...

Siemens Gigaset IP Series SIP Username Enumeration

Siemens Gigaset ip series sip username enumeration Author: francesco.tornieri "At" verona-wireless.net Summary: Sip responses permit user identification Release Date: 23/08/2011 Criticality level: Low Impact: Information leak Device: Siemens Gigaset IP series Tested A580IP Description: I've...

Podcast: Culture of Lax Security Prevails Among Medical Device Makers

The news last week was that the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee has asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the security of the software that runs medical devices. But a prominent researcher says that security flaws in such devices are common, and that more federal...

AIX 530011 : U840871

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U840871 which is related to the security of the package devices.scsi.ses.diag You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Android NFC Bug Could Be First Of Many

Google is working on a fix for a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Nexus S Android phones that could cause applications on the phone to crash using incorrectly formated Near Field Communications NFC transactions. The issue, which will be discussed at an upcoming technical conference on...

AIX 610004 : U841495

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U841495 which is related to the security of the package devices.common.IBM.scsi.rte You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0;...

AIX 610006 : U836368

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U836368 which is related to the security of the package devices.pciex.2514300014108c03.rte.6.1 You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0;...

AIX 710000 : U834751

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U834751 which is related to the security of the package devices.scsi.disk.diag.rte.7.1.0.15 You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0;...

AIX 710000 : U834763

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U834763 which is related to the security of the package devices.pci.1410bd02.diag.7.1.0.15 You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0;...

Leaked Blackberry Doc Blows Cover On 4.0 Release

Another ground breaking mobile device release, another embarrassing leak. Mobile device maker Research in Motion found itself responding to the publication of documentation for its much anticipated Blackberry Internet Service BIS 4.0 on Thursday. In a story reminiscent of the now famous faux pas ...

Cyber criminals to be more aggressive in 2011 !

New Delhi: With the growing diversity of operating systems among companies, and the increasing use of mobile devices, cyber criminals will put a new spin on social engineering by 'malware campaign' under which they will bombard recipients with email that drop virus downloaders. According to an...

Top 10 IT Security Trends for 2011

The crystal ball gazing has started early this year. Typically, tech prediction pieces emerge after Christmas, but the first 'security trends for 2011' missive has already dropped into my inbox. So, what does the somewhat premature Imperva Application Defense Center think will worry us the most o...

AIX 530011 : U837718

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U837718 which is related to the security of the package devices.ide.cdrom.rte You should install this PTF for your system to be up-to-date. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Multiple Vulnerabilities in the IOS FTP Server

The Cisco IOS FTP Server feature contains multiple vulnerabilities that can result in a denial of service DoS condition, improper verification of user credentials, and the ability to retrieve or write any file from the device filesystem, including the device's saved configuration. This...