Microsoft Windows: Use of hardware-based encryption (removable data drives)

This policy setting allows you to manage BitLocker Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Microsoft Windows: Use of hardware-based encryption for OS drives

This policy setting allows you to manage BitLocker Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Microsoft Windows: Hardware-based encryption for OS drives (restrict algorithms)

This policy setting allows you to manage BitLocker Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Microsoft Windows: Hardware-based encryption: Restrict encryption algorithms

This policy setting allows you to manage BitLocker Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Microsoft Windows: Hardware-based encryption: Restrict crypto algorithms

This policy setting allows you to manage BitLocker Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Modern OSs for embedded systems

At Kaspersky Lab we analyze the technologies available on cybersecurity market and this time we decided to look at what OS developers are offering for embedded systems or, in other words, the internet of things. Our primary interest is how and to what degree these OSs can solve...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects IBM WebSphere MQ (CVE-2015-2808)

Summary The RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS affects IBM WebSphere MQ. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-2808 DESCRIPTION: The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this...

Critical Flaws in PGP and S/MIME Tools Can Reveal Encrypted Emails in Plaintext

Note—the technical details of the vulnerabilities introduced in this article has now been released, so you should also read our latest article to learn how the eFail attack works and what users can do to prevent themselves. An important warning for people using widely used email encryption...

NIST Issues Call for "Lightweight Cryptography" Algorithms

This is interesting: Creating these defenses is the goal of NIST's lightweight cryptography initiative, which aims to develop cryptographic algorithm standards that can work within the confines of a simple electronic device. Many of the sensors, actuators and other micromachines that will functio...

IBM Team Concert Information Disclosure Vulnerability

IBM Team Concert RTC is a software lifecycle management solution based on the Jazz platform from IBM and supports real-time collaboration for decentralized teams. A security vulnerability exists in IBM RTC, which stems from the program's use of weak encryption algorithms. An attacker could exploi...

Encryption 101: How to break encryption

Continuing on in our Encryption 101 series, where we gave a malware analyst's primer on encryption and demonstrated encryption techniques using ShiOne ransomware, we now look at what it takes to break an encryption. In order for something as powerful as encryption to break, there needs to be some...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: python-crypto-2.6.1-22.fc26

PyCrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions such as MD5 and SHA, and various encryption algorithms AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: python-crypto-2.6.1-22.fc27

PyCrypto is a collection of both secure hash functions such as MD5 and SHA, and various encryption algorithms AES, DES, RSA, ElGamal, etc...

The Tor Project to Beef Up Privacy with Next-Generation of Onion Services

The Tor Project has made some significant changes to its infrastructure by improving the way the 'onion' network protects its users' privacy and security. Since the beginning, the largest free online anonymity network has been helping users browse the web anonymously, and its onion service provid...

Google Android Qualcomm Component Insecure Encryption Algorithm Vulnerability

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA in the U.S. Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in Qualcomm devices. The Qualcomm component in Android has a security vulnerability that stems from the use of insecure...

IBM BigFix Compliance 1.9.70 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version, the instance of IBM BigFix Compliance running on the remote web server is 1.9.70. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability exists in the Analytics component in the Web UI due to improper...

CVE-2016-2927

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly restrict the set of available encryption algorithms, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data...

CVE-2016-2927

IBM BigFix Remote Control before 9.1.3 does not properly restrict the set of available encryption algorithms, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and performing calculations on encrypted data...

OpenSSL OCSP status request extension there is a serious vulnerability-a vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Overview OpenSSL OCSP status request extension there is a serious vulnerability, the vulnerability to make a malicious client can exhaust server memory. The use of the vulnerability, to make the default configuration of the server on each Protocol heavy commercial division with a period of OCSP i...

SSH Server Auditing: ssh-audit

ssh-audit is a tool for ssh server auditing Features SSH1 and SSH2 protocol server support; grab banner, recognize device or software and operating system, detect compression; gather key-exchange, host-key, encryption and message authentication code algorithms; output algorithm information...