Expanding Use of PKI in Variety of Devices Holds Challenges

LAS VEGAS–One of the longest running jokes in the security industry is that each coming year finally will be The Year of PKI. While that one huge year never materialized, the use of PKI and digital certificates has become an integral part of how the Internet works today. But there are some...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3067-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG 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-only ifdescription...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: asterisk-11.13.1-1.fc21

Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware...

IT Security Horror Story: Digging your own grave with Default Credentials

I recently performed a penetration test that really required no "hacking skills" whatsoever. I was able to obtain domain administrator rights simply by logging into web applications and network hardware using default credentials...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1724)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1724 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security fixes: A race condition flaw was found in the...

Information disclosure

House Arrest in Apple iOS before 8.1 relies on the hardware UID for its encryption key, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from a Documents directory by obtaining this UID...

CVE-2014-4448

The CVE-2014-4448 entry concerns Apple iOS House Arrest prior to iOS 8.1, where the Documents directory could be exposed because files were encrypted with a key protected only by the hardware UID. This is caused by relying on the hardware UID as the encryption key, enabling physically proximate a...

Google Adds Hardware Security Key For Account Protection

Google is introducing an improved two-factor authentication system for Gmail and its other services that uses a tiny hardware token that will only work on legitimate Google sites. The new Security Key system is meant to help defeat attacks that rely on highly plausible fake sites that are designe...

WiFi software Acrylic WiFi Free v2.1 - WiFi analyzer software and WLAN scanner for network analysts

Acrylic WiFi Professional is the best WiFi analyzer software to identify access points and wifi channels, and to analyze and resolve incidences on 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless networks in real time. It is a perfect tool for advanced users and professional WiFi network analysts and administrators to...

trousers security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:1507 Updated trousers packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. A Common Vulnerabili...

CVE-2014-5420

CareFusion Pyxis SupplyStation 8.1 with hardware test tool before 1.0.16 has a hardcoded application password, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain application-file access via unspecified vectors...

Hardcoded credentials

CareFusion Pyxis SupplyStation 8.1 with hardware test tool before 1.0.16 has a hardcoded service password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2014-5423

CareFusion Pyxis SupplyStation 8.1 with hardware test tool before 1.0.16 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading a temporary 1 debugging file or 2 developer file...

CVE-2014-5422

CVE-2014-5422 affects CareFusion Pyxis SupplyStation system 8.1 with hardware test tool prior to 1.0.16. The vulnerability is due to a hardcoded service password that grants admin privileges, enabling a remote attacker to gain access through unspecified vectors (remote exploitation possible if ne...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3044-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG 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-only ifdescription...

Xen Bug Could cause Crashes, Expose Cloud Data

The Xen Project published a security advisory yesterday about a critical vulnerability in its virtual machine and hypervisor systems that could expose public cloud servers to attacks capable of crashing host machines and even stealing small amounts of random data. The fix was made available under...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7188

The hvmmsrreadintercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service host crash or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors...

Nucom ADSL ADSLR5000UN - ISP Credentials Disclosure

!/usr/bin/perl Exploit Author: Sebastián Magof Hardware: Modem Nucom ADSL R5000UNv2 Software Version: R5TC008 Vulnerable file: guidewan.html location: http://gateway/telecomGUI/guidewan.html Bug: ISP usr+pwd disclosure Type: Local Date: 24/09/2014 Vendor Homepage: http://www.nucom.hk/ Version:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: asterisk-11.10.2-2.fc20

Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware...

Information disclosure

Address Book in Apple iOS before 8 relies on the hardware UID for its encryption key, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by obtaining this UID...