USN-1649-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. CVE-2012-0957 Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cau...

USN-1650-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service...

USN-1649-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system call. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to read kernel stack memory. CVE-2012-0957 Rodrigo Freire discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's TCP illinois congestion control algorithm. A local attacker could use this to cau...

PT-2012-5481 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.4.19 Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a divide-by-zero error and OOPS, by reading TCP stats when the net.ipv4.tcp congestion control illinois setting is...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4565

The tcpillinoisinfo function in net/ipv4/tcpillinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcpcongestioncontrol illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service divide-by-zero error and OOPS by reading TCP stats...

Illinois Outlaws Employer Requests for Facebook Passwords

Illinois today became the second state in the nation to ban employers from asking employees and job applicants for login information to access their social networking accounts. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, also bans such requests during background checks. “Members of the workforce shou...

Report: Wireless Hacking Suspected In Air Raid Siren Miscues

UPDATE: Residents in two Illinois communities are settling their nerves after civil defense sirens blared for around 30 minutes last Saturday – an incident that authorities say may be the result of hacking. Sirens in the communities of Evanston and Lemont, Illinois, were treated to continuous...

Skimmers Hit Patrons of Wrigley Field, Chicago Restaurants

Six individuals were charged late last week with “skimming” more than $200,000 from victims who used their credit or debit cards at Wrigley Field and other Chicago restaurants. A press release from Illinois’ Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Friday alleged that Joseph Woods, 32, was the scheme’s...

DHS Report Debunks Claim That Illinois Water System Was Hacked

The United States Department of Homeland Security cried foul yesterday morning, debunking claims from both the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center STIC and Applied Control Solutions that a water station in Illinois was hacked earlier this month. A flurry of reports late last week...

Hacker Claims He Breached Texas Water Plant

A hacker claims to have breached a water utility in Texas and has posted reputed screenshots online to prove it. The water plant targeted by the hacker, who uses the alias “Pr0f”, is in the Harris County city of South Houston. In a post on Pastebin, Pr0f said his actions were in response to what ...

Man-in-the-Middle Remote Attack on Diebold Touch-screen Voting Machine

Man-in-the-Middle Remote Attack on Diebold Touch-screen Voting Machine The Vulnerability Assessment Team VAT at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois has managed to hack a Diebold Accuvote touch-screen voting machine. Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of...

Researchers Get Funding for New Secure Operating System

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a $1.15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a new computer operating system based on virtual machines and the concept of isolation. The new OS project, called Ethos, is the brainchild of UIC associate...

School Boards Hit With Cash-Stealing Trojan

The IDG News Service is reporting on a new FBI investigation computerworld.com of a rash of online hacking attacks and bank robberies against school districts in Illinois. FBI investigators are working on a computer intrusion case at the Crystal Lake School District in Crystal Lake, Illinois, sai...