New SnailLoad Attack Exploits Network Latency to Spy on Users' Web Activities

A group of security researchers from the Graz University of Technology have demonstrated a new side-channel attack known as SnailLoad that could be used to remotely infer a user's web activity. "SnailLoad exploits a bottleneck present on all Internet connections," the researchers said in a study...

What is WAN Acceleration?

Hook: Network Sluggish? Learn What WAN Acceleration Is Ever been in a virtual meeting that froze at the worst possible moment? Or had your staff grumble about slow data transfers that are as slow as molasses? If your answer is a weary "yes," it's high time to turn your eyes toward WAN Acceleratio...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2020:2102)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2102 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer...

Support Process for DVD Burning related issues

Network latency and bandwidth can affect user experience and USB device operation when using generic USB redirection for some types of USB devices. Operations that are highly data driven such as for archival devices can be problematic due to multiple factors that lay outside the realm of user...

Troubleshooting ICA_RTT Issues on NetScaler MAS

Troubleshooting ICARTT issues on NetScaler MAS. Background ICA RTT can be thought of as a measurement of the screen lag that a user experiences while interacting with an application hosted in a session on a XenApp or XenDesktop server. ICA RTT is different from Network RTT, which is the detected...

TCPCopy - A TCP Stream Replay Tool

TCPCopy is a TCP stream replay tool to support real testing of Internet server applications. Description Although the real live flow is important for the test of Internet server applications, it is hard to simulate it as online environments are too complex. To support more realistic testing of...

Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for the .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, and 4.7 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and for the .NET Framework 4.6 for Windows Server 2008 SP2: September 12, 2017

Description of the Security and Quality Rollup for the .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, and 4.7 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and for the .NET Framework 4.6 for Windows Server 2008 SP2: September 12, 2017 View products that this article applies to. Summary This security...

Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2012 (KB 4040979)

Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5 for Windows Server 2012 KB 4040979 Notice This update is included in the Security and Quality Rollup that's dated November 14, 2017. This update was previously released as part of the Preview of Quality Rollup on October 17, 2017, the Security an...

Troubleshooting Retries on Provisioned Virtual Machines

What is a retry? When a target streams a vDisk image, it does so by requesting blocks of data from the PVS server, which in turn replies with the requested data. This data is broken down into several packets called fragments. A retry occurs when a target device requests data from the PVS server a...

Best Practices for deploying PVS in multi-geo environments

In scenarios where companies have a Global presence with multiple geographical locations, it is sometimes desirable to have a Provisioning Services Farm that spans multiple locations across the globe. PVS requires a constant andreliable connection to the SQL database. If there's a delay in...

ShellShock DHCP Server

Added: 11/20/2014 CVE: CVE-2014-6271 BID: 70103 OSVDB: 112004 Background Bash is vulnerable to command injection using environment variables. When an application takes user input and uses setenv a malicious actor is able to execute commands on the target in the security context of the running...

ShellShock DHCP Server

Added: 11/20/2014 CVE: CVE-2014-6271 BID: 70103 OSVDB: 112004 Background Bash is vulnerable to command injection using environment variables. When an application takes user input and uses setenv a malicious actor is able to execute commands on the target in the security context of the running...

NetworkLatencyView - Calculates the network latency (in milliseconds)

NetworkLatencyView is a simple tool for Windows that listens to the TCP connections on your system and calculates the network latency in milliseconds for every new TCP connection detected on your system. For every IP address, NetworkLatencyView displays up to 10 network latency values, and their...

Concurrency-related vulnerabilities in browsers - expect problems

Good morning, "Fame-hungry sociopath torches cars, finds browser flaws WARSAW, Poland AP -- police are on a look out for a local adolescent vandal who continues to terrorize local IT workers in what appears to be a bizzare bid for fame. Larry Seltzer reports from the scene." Well, I just had to d...