/Dev/Random PRNG in Linux Questioned

The sanctity of the dev/random random number generator used in the Linux kernel has been a hot-button issue for more than a month. A petition posted to change.org in September to remove RdRand from dev/random, for example, was met with fury from Linus Torvalds who called the developer who posted ...

Cisco Unified Computing System Fabric Interconnect Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the fabric interconnect FI of the Cisco Unified Computing System could allow an authenticated, local attacker to create a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to improper filtering of user-supplied parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by...

Hardware Keylogger used by Card skimmers to steal Credit Cards at Nordstrom Store

Three men allegedly installed Credit Card Skimming keylogger at into cash registers in a Nordstrom department store in the Florida. Those Keyloggers were connected via a keyboard cord between the keyboard and the computer to intercept the information transmitted between the two devices and...

Hardware Keylogger used by Card skimmers to steal Credit Cards at Nordstrom Store

Three men allegedly installed Credit Card Skimming keylogger at into cash registers in a Nordstrom department store in the Florida. Those Keyloggers were connected via a keyboard cord between the keyboard and the computer to intercept the information transmitted between the two devices and...

CVE-2012-4105: Improper Input Validation

The fabric-interconnect component in Cisco Unified Computing System UCS allows local users to cause a denial of service component crash via crafted "debug hardware" parameters, aka Bug ID CSCtq86468...

PT-2013-1643

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Unified Computing System UCS affected versions not specified Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a component crash, by utilizing crafted debug hardware parameters. Recommendations At the...

CVE-2013-5028

Kwoksys Kwok Information Server vulnerable to SQL injection in IT/hardware-list.dll (versions before 2.8.5). Affected component is the search command handling (hardwareType, hardwareStatus, hardwareLocation) with remote-authenticated access leading to arbitrary SQL execution. Root cause is improp...

CVE-2013-5028: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

SQL injection vulnerability in IT/hardware-list.dll in Kwoksys Kwok Information Server before 2.8.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 1 hardwareType, 2 hardwareStatus, or 3 hardwareLocation parameter in a search command...

PT-2013-4224 · Microsoft · Windows Xp +8

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista version SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions SP2 through R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 version SP1 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsof...

Tenda W309R Router 5.07.46 - Configuration Disclosure

Exploit for hardware platform in category web applications --------------------------------------------------- Exploit Title: Tenda W309R Configuration Enumeration without Authentication Author: SANTHO Vendor Homepage: http://www.tenda.cn Product link:...

Software Defense Series: Exploit mitigation and vulnerability detection

Software Defense is a broad topic requiring a multipronged approach including: - the processes and tooling associated with secure development that we try and encapsulate within the Microsoft SDL, - core OS countermeasures that make exploitation of a given vulnerability more difficult for an...

Fedora 19 : systemd-204-15.fc19 (2013-17119)

Fixes polkit authentication issue. Updates the hardware database including keyboard mappings to the latest version from upstream. Backport a bunch of fixes from upstream. Only a few correspond to bug reports, and others correct display issues, memory access, and correctness of operation. Note tha...

Integrated circuits can be compromised using Undetectable hardware Trojans

A team of researchers from the U.S. and Europe has developed a Hardware Trojan, which is an undetectable to many techniques, raising the question on need of proper hardware qualification. They released a paper on stealthy Dopant-Level Hardware Trojans, showing how integrated circuits used in...

Integrated circuits can be compromised using Undetectable hardware Trojans

A team of researchers from the U.S. and Europe has developed a Hardware Trojan, which is an undetectable to many techniques, raising the question on need of proper hardware qualification. They released a paper on stealthy Dopant-Level Hardware Trojans, showing how integrated circuits used in...

U.S. Government asked Linus Torvalds to insert Backdoor Into Linux

At the Linuxcon conference in New Orleans today, Linus Torvalds and the other top Linux developers, talked to the Linux faithful about Linux, Microsoft, and other issues. During a question-and-answer ‪session ‬at ‪the LinuxCon, Linux Torvalds admitted to questions from the audience that the U.S...

Junos Pulse Secure IVE / UAC OS DoS (JSA10590)

According to its self-reported version, the version of IVE / UAC OS running on the remote host may be affected by an unspecified denial of service vulnerability that can be triggered by sending a specially crafted packet to the device. A system restart is required to bring the device back into...

Researchers Build Undetectable Dopant Hardware Trojans

Is it so outlandish anymore to consider that an attacker interested in military, political or corporate espionage would be able to infiltrate a supply chain and drop malware onto an integrated circuit? Evidence of hardware-based Trojans is anecdotal at best, and experts believe a change in...

CVE-2013-5650

Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE 7.1 before 7.1r5, 7.2 before 7.2r10, 7.3 before 7.3r6, and 7.4 before 7.4r3 and Junos Pulse Access Control Service UAC 4.1 before 4.1r8.1, 4.2 before 4.2r5, 4.3 before 4.3r6 and 4.4 before 4.4r3, when a hardware SSL acceleration card is enabled, allows remote...

Design/Logic Flaw

Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE 7.1 before 7.1r5, 7.2 before 7.2r10, 7.3 before 7.3r6, and 7.4 before 7.4r3 and Junos Pulse Access Control Service UAC 4.1 before 4.1r8.1, 4.2 before 4.2r5, 4.3 before 4.3r6 and 4.4 before 4.4r3, when a hardware SSL acceleration card is enabled, allows remote...

PT-2013-5712

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE versions 7.1 through 7.1r4 Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE versions 7.2 through 7.2r9 Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE versions 7.3 through 7.3r5 Junos Pulse Secure Access Service IVE versions 7...