CVE-2018-4180

In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, an issue existed in CUPS. This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions...

Memory corruption

In iOS before 9.3.3, a memory corruption issue existed in the kernel. This issue was addressed through improved memory handling...

Fedora 28 : kde-connect (2018-0741f1ca08)

Security fix release, Changes since 1.3.1 : - Security fix Don't disable all modern SSH encryption algorithms. - Remote media player info didn't update under some circumstances. - Remove characters from commands UUIDs that aren't legal in URLs. - New notifications now appear on top and not in the...

Fedora 28 : composer (2018-42b49413a6)

Version 1.6.4 - 2018-04-13 - Security fixes in some edge case scenarios, recommended update for all users - Fixed regression in version guessing of path repositories - Fixed removing aliased packages from the repository, which might resolve some odd update bugs - Fixed updating of package URLs fo...

Fedora 28 : suricata (2018-cf58e1cbd1)

This update fixes a segfault in the SMTP parser. This bug is tracked as CVE-2018-18956. There are a number of other bugfixes and performance improvements. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has...

Fedora 28 : papi (2018-5f7b78636d)

Changes to the spec file ensure the executables are built with the LDFLAGS and CFLAGS flags as described on https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/blob/master/f/bui ldflags.md to improve the security of the executables. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Fedora 29 : php-pear-CAS (2018-6d62140b89)

Version 1.3.6 Security Fixes: - Fix XSS in proxy mode 271 Joachim Fritschi Bug Fixes: - Fix bad condition 252 Brice Vercoustre - Hash ticket strings to generate valid-length session-ids 224, 244, 248 Adam Franco - Fix 'phpCAS' class capitalization in code 273, 277 phy25 Improvement: - Remove...

3 Infosec Reflections to Kick off 2019 & Finally Shift the Balance of Power Back to Defenders

Wow. It's already 2019. Talk about a year in 2018 that flew by! I won’t spend this entire blog talking about 2018 but, needless to say, a lot happened in 2018 and it doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon. This time of year, I like to stop and reflect on the previous year and think about moving...

Top 5 Threat Hunting Myths: “Threat Hunting Isn’t Worth My Time”

The cybersecurity landscape is in a constant state of change and, as many organizations have learned, it’s no longer a matter of if you’ll face a cyberattack, but when. In today’s world, attackers intentionally look normal to evade automated defenses. With the rise of ransomware, fileless and...

SUSE-SU-2018:4023-1 Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-18544: Fixed memory leak in the function WriteMSLImage bsc1113064. Non-security issues fixed: - Improve import documentation bsc1057246. - Allow override system security policy bsc1117463. - asanbuild: build...

SUSE-SU-2018:3927-1 Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-10839: Fixed NE2000 NIC emulation support that is vulnerable to an integer overflow, which could lead to buffer overflow issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network. A user inside guest could use...

Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be

You were right not to trust hotel and airport Wi-Fi a few years ago. But these days, it's probably fine...

Four Ways Layered Security Will Improve Your Detection and Response

It’s widely understood by cybersecurity professionals today that it’s no longer a case of if your organization gets attacked online but when. Trend Micro blocked more than 20.4 billion threats in the first half of 2018 alone, and the ready availability of “as-a-service” toolkits will continue to...

Fedora 27 : php-pear-CAS (2018-95695b59c7)

Version 1.3.6 Security Fixes: - Fix XSS in proxy mode 271 Joachim Fritschi Bug Fixes: - Fix bad condition 252 Brice Vercoustre - Hash ticket strings to generate valid-length session-ids 224, 244, 248 Adam Franco - Fix 'phpCAS' class capitalization in code 273, 277 phy25 Improvement: - Remove...

Enhancing Network Performance with Packet Pacing

Introduction Akamai's Smooth Delivery is a network performance enhancement initiative spearheaded by the Protocol Optimization team. It consists of two parts - each focused on reducing congestion while enhancing network performance. 1. TCP Pacing - The topic of this post 2. Rate Limiting -...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: glusterfs security and bug fix update

Updated glusterfs packages that fix multiple security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

Faraday v3.2 - Collaborative Penetration Test and Vulnerability Management Platform

Here is a list of all the goodies in Faraday v3.2: Workspace names- with numbers! With this new version, workspaces’ names are now allowed to start with numbers before they could only start with letters. Search unconfirmed vulns In this version was added the filter to be able to show unconfirmed...

What You Should Look For in a Next-Generation Security Solution

Today’s businesses face a unique set of challenges. They want security that works and is easy to implement and manage but, frequently, are working with a limited budget and resources. Many organizations know their current antivirus solution has gaps, but don’t know where to begin in the search fo...

October 16, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Yale” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 16, 2018 - Headlines U.K. Cyber Security Center Says Most Attacks Are...

SUSE-SU-2018:3045-1 Security update for java-1_8_0-openjdk

This update for java-180-openjdk to the jdk8u181 icedtea 3.9.0 release fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-2938: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allowed unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful...