Major Zcash Vulnerability Fixed

Zcash just fixed a vulnerability that would have allowed "infinite counterfeit" Zcash. Like all the other blockchain vulnerabilities and updates, this demonstrates the ridiculousness of the notion that code can replace people, that trust can be encompassed in the protocols, or that human governan...

Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Roadways: How Smart Cities Create New Risks

Advanced technology has changed countless facets of everyday life, from internal enterprise processes to consumer pursuits and beyond. Even the design, management and support for large and small cities has shifted thanks to innovative smart city systems. While advanced components to support...

CVE-2019-2438

Vulnerability in the Oracle Web Cache component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: ESI/Partial Page Caching. The supported version that is affected is 11.1.1.9.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Web Cache...

CVE-2019-2444

Vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.0.1 and 18c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker having Local Logon privilege with logon to the infrastructure where Core RDBMS executes to compromise Cor...

CVE-2019-2422

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Libraries. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u201, 8u192 and 11.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u191. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to...

Code injection

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products subcomponent: PIA Search Functionality. Supported versions that are affected are 8.55, 8.56 and 8.57. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to...

Design/Logic Flaw

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Libraries. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u201, 8u192 and 11.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u191. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to...

Code injection

Vulnerability in the Java Advanced Management Console component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Server. The supported version that is affected is Java Advanced Management Console: 2.12. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to...

CVE-2019-2490

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products subcomponent: Panel Processor. Supported versions that are affected are 8.55, 8.56 and 8.57. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise...

CVE-2019-2449

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Deployment. The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u192. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks...

CVE-2019-2449

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Deployment. The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u192. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks...

CVE-2019-2513

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Shell. Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.13 and prior. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where MySQL Server executes to compromise MySQL Server...

Authorization Bypass

java-1.8.0-openjdk is vulnerable to authorization bypass attacks. The vulnerability exists as a vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Smart Card IO. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u161, 7u151, 8u144 and 9. Difficult to exploit vulnerability...

Snowden’s Attorney Talks Govt Harrassment of Whistleblower Helpers (Part One)

Human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo represented former N.S.A. contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled the United States to Hong Kong in 2013. Less publicized has been Tibbo’s work representing several families from the Hong Kong refugee community that welcomed Snowden into their...

‘Snowden Refugee’ Has No Regrets for Helping Whistleblower

LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Refugee families located in Hong Kong that helped shelter Edward Snowden in 2013 are under crushing pressure to cooperate with local authorities or face deportation to their countries of origin, where they face an uncertain fate. However, despite years of what their lawyer call...

These people don’t exist – They were created by tech using Artificial Intelligence

By Waqas Artificial intelligence is increasingly advanced and has entered more and more areas, even in the most unexpected and sensitive issues for society such as the world’s first AI lawyer Ross. Now, tech giant NVIDIA has developed a tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to create extremely...

Human Rights by Design

Good essay: "Advancing Human-Rights-By-Design In The Dual-Use Technology Industry," by Jonathon Penney, Sarah McKune, Lex Gill, and Ronald J. Deibert: But businesses can do far more than these basic measures. They could adopt a "human-rights-by-design" principle whereby they commit to designing...

2018: A Banner Year for Breaches

Where to start? In 2018 the mantra became “another day, another data breach.” As a result, consumers and researchers alike are feeling “breach fatigue” and getting a bit numb to the headline. But the reality is, cybercriminals are going after personal information, credit card info and passwords...

Adrenalin HRMS Software Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-26800)

Adrenalin HRMS Software is a human resource management system from Adrenalin eSystems India. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Adrenalin HRMS Software version 5.4.0, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute JavaScript code by sending the 'prntFrmName' or '...

A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers' privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you'd be forgiven if you couldn't tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company's Web site. That's because very few of the world's biggest...