Elastic Cloud Enterprise 1.0.2 security update

Elastic Cloud Enterprise unsecured communication ESA-2017-13 The client-forwarder in Elastic Cloud Enterprise versions prior to 1.0.2 do not properly encrypt traffic to ZooKeeper. If an attacker is able to man in the middle MITM the traffic between the client-forwarder and ZooKeeper they could...

IPS as a Service Blocks WannaCry Spread Across the WAN

One of the most devastating aspects of the recent WannaCry ransomware attack was its self-propagating capability exploiting a vulnerability in the file access protocol, SMB v1. Most enterprises defences are externally-facing, focused on stopping incoming email and web attacks. But, once attackers...

Kibana 4.6.2 released with a security fix for an XSS vulnerability

Today, we've published Kibana 4.6.2 as a security release with a fix for an XSS vulnerability with field formatters. Any users of Kibana versions 4.3 to 4.6 are encouraged to update to 4.6.2 immediately. Kibana version 4.1.11 is not affected. Kibana installs on Elastic Cloud have been updated...

Oracle Patches VENOM Vulnerability

Oracle, whose virtualization software VirtualBox is among those affected by the VENOM vulnerability, on Saturday joined the litany of VM providers that have patched the bug. Oracle was one of the first vendors notified by Crowdstrike, whose researcher Jason Geffner found the bug and disclosed it...

Tor Cloud Shut Down Amid Lack of Support

The Tor Project has shuttered its cloud proxy service citing security vulnerabilities, usability bugs and a lack of resources. Tor offers its users the capacity to surf the Web anonymously, bouncing traffic through a series of relay servers so that no observer at any point can tell where that...

How Facebook and Facial Recognition Are Creating a Minority Report-Style Privacy Meltdown

Researchers at the annual Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas have demonstrated how cloud computing, facial recognition technology, Facebook, a freely available personal information can be used to match faces in a crowd to detailed online profiles. The demonstration brings us closer to the brink of ...