CVE-2015-8482

Blue Coat Unified Agent before 4.6.2 does not prevent modification of its configuration files when running in local enforcement mode, which allows local administrators to unblock categories or disable the agent via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2015-8482: Undefined Security Weakness

Blue Coat Unified Agent before 4.6.2 does not prevent modification of its configuration files when running in local enforcement mode, which allows local administrators to unblock categories or disable the agent via unspecified vectors...

National Security Letter Attachment Details

While the Snowden documents have demystified the intelligence community’s hacking abilities, few specifics are known about National Security Letters, law enforcement’s most powerful tool to compel telecommunications and Internet service providers to turn over a broad scope of user data, and which...

PT-2015-7745

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SIMATIC NET CP 342-5 versions prior to not specified SIMATIC NET CP 343-1 Advanced versions prior to V3.0.44 SIMATIC NET CP 343-1 Lean versions prior to V3.1.1 SIMATIC NET CP 343-1 Standard versions prior to V3.1.1 SIMATIC NET CP 443-1 Advance...

CVE-2015-8363

The jpeg2000readmainheaders function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c in FFmpeg before 2.6.5, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 2.8.x through 2.8.2 does not enforce uniqueness of the SIZ marker in a JPEG 2000 image, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds heap-memory access or...

IC3 Warns of Cyber Attacks Focused on Law Enforcement and Public Officials

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has issued an alert warning that law enforcement personnel and public officials may be at an increased risk of cyber attacks. In addition to doxing the act of gathering and publishing individuals' personal information without permission, threat actors have...

Same Rhetoric Permeates Going Dark Encryption Debate

BOSTON — The Going Dark encryption debate surfaced again on Wednesday at a small security conference here, and as in previous iterations before larger technical audiences and even Congress, the issue continues to spin on a hamster wheel going nowhere. This time the notable dignitary stumping for...

Hacking Team Offering Encryption Cracking Tools to Law Enforcement Agencies

Hacking Team, the infamous Italy-based spyware company that had more than 400 GB of its confidential information stolen earlier this year, has resumed its operations and started pitching new hacking tools to help US law enforcement gets around their encryption issues. Yes, Hacking Team is back wi...

CVE-2015-3230

389 Directory Server formerly Fedora Directory Server before 1.3.3.12 does not enforce the nsSSL3Ciphers preference when creating an sslSocket, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by requesting to use a disabled cipher...

CVE-2015-3230

389 Directory Server formerly Fedora Directory Server before 1.3.3.12 does not enforce the nsSSL3Ciphers preference when creating an sslSocket, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by requesting to use a disabled cipher...

OpenJDK: incomplete constraints enforcement by AlgorithmChecker (Security, 8131291)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60; Java SE Embedded 8u51; and JRockit R28.3.7 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Security...

OpenJDK: incomplete supportDTD enforcement (JAXP, 8130078)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60; Java SE Embedded 8u51; and JRockit R28.3.7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4803 and CVE-2015-4893...

OpenJDK: incomplete supportDTD enforcement (JAXP, 8130078)

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60; Java SE Embedded 8u51; and JRockit R28.3.7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4803 and CVE-2015-4893...

Latest Microsoft Transparency Report Details Content Removal Requests

Microsoft launched a new transparency website this week that bundles reports detailing requests for data the company has received, including those from law enforcement, the government, and elsewhere. The page, which Microsoft is calling its Transparency Hub, is somewhat similar to what Apple did...

Dridex Banking Malware Takedown

Once word circulated of the arrest of a Moldovan man allegedly connected with the development and distribution of the Dridex banking malware, it was a matter of time before the operation was put out of business for good. The FBI, Department of Justice, the U.K.’s National Crime Agency and a numbe...

Obama Encryption Policy: White House Will Not Force Companies To Decode Encrypted Data

After the revelations that Whistleblower Edward Snowden made about the United States National Security Agency NSA, the U.S. citizens are in need of more transparent digital security. The Citizens of the United States have appealed to the Obama Administration through a campaign for rejecting any...

Apple Clarifies Privacy Policy

Apple’s clarified and repackaged privacy policy is merely the storefront to a company-wide decision to make the safety and integrity of user data a differentiator among large technology companies, experts said. The new privacy policy appeared today filled with practical advice for users, describi...

Installation of Tor Relays in Libraries Attracts DHS Attention

The Tor Project recently started a program to help libraries install Tor relays as a way to protect the privacy of patrons and other Internet users. The program didn’t get too far, however, as the first library to install a relay had to turn it off after town police officials were contacted by...

Security of iMessage System Comes to the Fore Again

The iMessage system, like much of what Apple does, is mostly a black box. The company doesn’t talk much about how the system works, and although some security researchers found a couple years ago that Apple could read users’ encrypted messages if they so choose, law enforcement has had no luck in...

Techie Police Officer Builds a Sniffing Tool to Track Stolen Devices (based on War-Driving)

Ever wonder, How can you Track your Stolen Smartphone, Laptop or any Smart Device? ...With IMEI Number? ...Or IP address? ...Or may be some special types of equipment? Well, Not required, because now it is possible to track stolen devices just by scanning their MAC addresses. Yes, Just MAC...