RHEL 5 : Red Hat Network Satellite Server (RHSA-2011:0300)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0300 advisory. Red Hat Network Satellite Server RHN Satellite Server is a system management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for the...

Hunting vulnerabilities in SCADA systems, we are still too vulnerable to cyber attacks

Stuxnet case is considered by security expert the first concrete act of cyber warfare, a malware specifically designed to hit SCADA systems inside nuclear plants in Iran. The event has alerted the international security community on the risks related to the effects of a cyber attack against...

RSA: Chaos In the Security World, And the Situation Is Perfect

Right on cue this week, the anarchic hacking collective Anonymous stepped up and grabbed the story line away from the lions of the IT security industry. With the annual RSA Conference set to begin, the whistle blowing site Wikileaks released the first of some five million e-mail messages stolen...

Prediction: Handful of Malicious Networks Will Spawn Most Attacks In 2012

A shadowy web of malicious networks, or “malnets” will be the source of two thirds of online attacks in 2012, according to a report from the security firm Blue Coat. Despite the continued industry focus on specific families and samples of malicious software, Blue Coat researchers say that...

Hackito Ergo Sum 2011 slides available for Download !

Hackito Ergo Sum 2011 slides available for Download ! HES aims at anticipating the challenges of the security world and gathers together underground or amateur security researchers together with professional security expert researchers and technical decision makers. During three days, HES will...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Toolkit

In an effort to better weigh the security of cloud-based infrastructures, the Cloud Security Alliance has released a new toolkit, the Governance, Risk Management and Compliance GRC Stack. Available as a free download on the organization’s website, the collection consists of three tools: CloudAudi...

Lethic Spamming Botnet Shut Down

Yet another botnet has been shut down as of today as researchers joined forces with ISPs to cut communications to the prolific Lethic spamming botnet — a development that illustrates how botnet hunters increasingly are going on the offensive to stop cybercriminals, mainly by disrupting their...

MD5 vulnerable to collision attacks

Overview Weaknesses in the MD5 algorithm allow for collisions in output. As a result, attackers can generate cryptographic tokens or other data that illegitimately appear to be authentic. Description A secure cryptographic hash algorithm is one that generates a unique identifier of a fixed size...