SUSE-SU-2016:2476-1 Security update for systemd

This update for systemd fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2016-7796: A zero-length message received over systemd's notification socket could make managerdispatchnotifyfd return an error and, as a side effect, disable the notification handler completely. As the notification socket is...

September 13, 2016 — KB3185614 (OS Build 10586.589)

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Russian Lawmaker's Son Convicted of Stealing 2.9 Million Credit Card Numbers

The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker has been found guilty in the United States of running a hacking scheme that stole and sold 2.9 million US credit card numbers using Point-of-Sale POS malware, costing financial institutions more than $169 Million. Roman Seleznev, 32, the son of Russian...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2114

The SMB1 protocol implementation in Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not recognize the "server signing = mandatory" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SMB servers by modifying the client-server data stream...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2114

The SMB1 protocol implementation in Samba 4.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x before 4.3.8, and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 does not recognize the "server signing = mandatory" setting, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SMB servers by modifying the client-server data stream...

Advantech WebAccess datacore Service datacore.exe strcpy Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable instances of Advantech WebAccess. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the 0x523D IOCTL in the Kernel subsystem. A stack-based buffer...

New Android Smartphones will Come with Fewer Pre-installed Apps

A sigh of relief indeed! Google is finally listening to us; it is ditching its haunting bloatware from the upcoming Android smartphones and tablets. As per the current situation, our Android devices are attacked with Google's suite of apps like Google Play Games, Google Newsstand, Google Play...

MicEnum - Mandatory Integrity Control Enumerator for Windows

In the context of the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems, Mandatory Integrity Control MIC is a core security feature introduced in Windows Vista and implemented in subsequent lines of Windows operating systems. It adds Integrity LevelsIL-based isolation to running processes and objects...

Microsoft Publishes Information Sharing Framework

Microsoft earlier this week published a 25-page framework offering guidance on how to effectively share information and what kinds of information need to be shared in order to reduce overall risk. Information sharing has been an oft-repeated refrain in security and policy-making circles for the...

Inmatrix-Ltd.-Zoom-Player-8.5-.jpeg

Exploit Title: Inmatrix Ltd. Zoom Player Crafted JPEG File Memory Corruption and Arbitrary Code Execution Exploit. Version: Zoom Player v8.5 Date: 09-1-2013 Author: Debasish Mandal. Blog : http://www.debasish.in/ d =...

Privilege escalation

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 does not properly restrict file installation and registry-key creation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Mandatory Integrity Control protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."...

World’s largest Bitcoin Poker website hacked, 42000 user passwords leaked

World’s largest Bitcoin poker website 'SealsWithClubs' has been compromised and around 42,000 users' credentials are at risk. Seals With Club has issued a Mandatory Password Reset warning to their users, according to a statement published on the website. The service admitted their database had be...

Chrome Zero-Day Presentation Gives Way to Mandatory Military Service

The saga of the latest zero-day vulnerability and exploit for the Google Chrome browser took another mysterious turn over the weekend. The 19-year-old Georgian security researcher who found the vulnerability in the browser was called up for compulsory military duty in his country and was unable t...

Data Breach Reports Remain Spotty, Study Finds

In a twist on Tolstoy’s famous observation that “all happy families are alike,” the Identity Theft Resource Center ITRC is warning that the public is being told that ‘all data breaches are alike,’ as corporations paint a worryingly bland portrait of breaches and other data loss incidents affectin...

Skype Planning Patch for Mac OS X Client Flaw

Skype users on Mac OS X are dealing with some confusing information at the moment about whether Skype has fixed a remotely exploitable bug in the Mac client that was reported several weeks ago. The company said it released a patch in an optional minor update nearly a month ago, but it will push o...

Mandriva Update for perl-URPM MDVA-2011:018 (perl-URPM)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: policycoreutils-2.0.85-19.fc14

Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux=C2=AE kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security o...

Fedora Update for sepostgresql FEDORA-2010-16004

Check for the Version of sepostgresql OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for sepostgresql FEDORA-2010-16004 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

IT-Grundschutz M4.014: Obligatorischer Passwortschutz unter Unix

IT-Grundschutz M4.014: Obligatorischer Passwortschutz unter Unix. ACHTUNG: Dieser Test wird nicht mehr unterstützt. Er wurde ersetzt durch den entsprechenden Test der nun permanent and die aktuelle EL angepasst wird: OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.94181 Diese Prüfung bezieht sich auf die 10...

RSA 2010: Microsoft Floats Idea to Quarantine Infected Computers

A top Microsoft executive is floating the idea of creating mandatory quarantines for computers with malware infections that pose a risk to internet users. The informal proposal, made Tuesday by Microsoft Vice President of Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney, was short on specifics, such as who...