Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, and Logjam affect WebSphere Application Server shipped with SmartCloud Provisioning

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 6 that is used by WebSphere Application Server shipped with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2015. This bulletin also addresses the Logjam...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows-based deployments. (CVE-2015-4000)

Summary The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman DH key exchange protocol affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows-based deployments. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4000 DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain...

Turing Award — Inventors of Modern Cryptography Win $1 Million Cash Prize

And the Winners of this year's Turing Award are: Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman. The former chief security officer at Sun Microsystems Whitfield Diffie and the professor at Stanford University Martin E. Hellman won the 2015 ACM Turing Award, which is frequently described as the "Nobel Pri...