CVE-2016-5746

libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf...

Design/Logic Flaw

libstorage, libstorage-ng, and yast-storage improperly store passphrases for encrypted storage devices in a temporary file on disk, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file, as demonstrated by /tmp/libstorage-XXXXXX/pwdf...

Bugs in Signal Messaging App Corrupt Attachments, Crash App

Makers of the mobile encrypted chat app Signal say they have fixed vulnerabilities in the Android version of the messaging app that allowed attackers to corrupt encrypted attachments and remotely crash the application. The vulnerabilities were discovered by Jean-Philippe Aumasson and Markus Vervi...

Using 'Signal' for Encrypted Chats? You Shouldn't Skip Its Next Update

Two Researchers have discovered a couple of vulnerabilities in Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging app recommended by whistleblower Edward Snowden. One of those vulnerabilities could allow potential attackers to add random data to the attachments of encrypted messages sent by Andro...

CVE-2016-5927

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output...

CVE-2016-5927

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output...

Input validation

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management 6.3.x before 6.3.2.6, 6.4.x before 6.4.3.3, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6, when certain dsmsetpw tracing is configured, allows local users to discover an encrypted password by reading application-trace output...

PT-2016-6726

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management versions 6.3.x through 6.3.2.5 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management aka Spectrum Protect for Space Management versions 6.4.x through 6.4.3.2 I...

Open Source Disk Encryption: VeraCrypt

VeraCrypt is a software for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume data storage device. On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted right before it is saved and decrypted right after it is loaded, without any user intervention. No data stored on an...

FreeBSD : mailman -- CSRF hardening in parts of the web interface (9e50dcc3-740b-11e6-94a2-080027ef73ec)

The late Tokio Kikuchi reported : We may have to set lifetime for input forms because of recent activities on cross-site request forgery CSRF. The form lifetime is successfully deployed in frameworks like web.py or plone etc. Proposed branch lp:tkikuchi/mailman/form-lifetime implement lifetime in...

Warning! This Cross-Platform Malware Can Hack Windows, Linux and OS X Computers

Unlike specially crafted malware specifically developed to take advantage of Windows operating system platform, cyber attackers have started creating cross-platform malware for wider exploitation. Due to the rise in popularity of Mac OS X and other Windows desktop alternatives, hackers have begun...

CVE-2016-6899

The Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller iBMC in Huawei RH1288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC613, RH2288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC617, RH2288H V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC515, RH5885 V3 servers with software before V100R003C10SPC102, a...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Intelligent Baseboard Management Controller iBMC in Huawei RH1288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC613, RH2288 V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC617, RH2288H V3 servers with software before V100R003C00SPC515, RH5885 V3 servers with software before V100R003C10SPC102, a...

PT-2016-7157

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei iBMC versions prior to V100R003C00SPC613 Huawei iBMC versions prior to V100R003C00SPC617 Huawei iBMC versions prior to V100R003C00SPC515 Huawei iBMC versions prior to V100R003C10SPC102 Huawei iBMC versions prior to V100R003C00SPC610...

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q Series Ethernet Interface Module Vulnerabilities

OVERVIEW Security researcher Vladimir Dashchenko of Critical Infrastructure Defense Team, Kaspersky Lab has identified vulnerabilities in the Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-Q series Ethernet interface modules. NCCIC/ICS-CERT and JPCERT have coordinated the reporte...

CVE-2016-2183

The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other protocols and products, have a birthday bound of approximately four billion blocks, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain cleartext data via a birthday attack against a long-duration encrypted...

Opera server breach incident

News Opera server breach incident Share August 26th, 2016 Earlier this week, we detected signs of an attack where access was gained to the Opera sync system. This attack was quickly blocked. Our investigations are ongoing, but we believe some data, including some of our sync users’ passwords and...

France, Germany Call for European Decryption Law

The United States is months removed from this spring’s Apple vs. FBI debacle, but the debate around encryption is just beginning to play out in Europe. A joint press conference held Tuesday in Paris between Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière and France’s Interior Minister Bernard...

jenkins: Encrypted secrets (e.g. passwords) were leaked to users with permission to read configuration (SECURITY-266)

Jenkins before 2.3 and LTS before 1.651.2 allow remote authenticated users with extended read access to obtain sensitive password information by reading a job configuration...

Someone is Spying on Researchers Behind VeraCrypt Security Audit

After TrueCrypt mysteriously discontinued itself, VeraCrypt became the most popular open source disk encryption software used by activists, journalists, and privacy conscious people. Due to the huge popularity of VeraCrypt, security researchers from the OSTIF The Open Source Technology Improvemen...