[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: iproute-3.2.0-3.fc17

The iproute package contains networking utilities ip and rtmon, for exampl e which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel...

OpenJDK: excessive default UDP socket limit under SecurityManager (Networking, 7032417)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Networking...

OpenJDK: InputStream skip() information leak (Networking/IO, 7000600)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality via unknown...

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...

kernel: security and bugfix update. (important)

The openSUSE 11.4 kernel was updated to fix bugs and security issues. Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2011-4604: If root does read on a specific socket, it's possible to corrupt kernel memory over network, with an ICMP packet, if the B.A.T.M.A.N. mesh protocol is used. CVE-2011-269...

Researchers Dump Trove of 0Days For Popular Android Applications

Researchers in China published a trove of information on previously unknown zero day vulnerabilities in popular applications for Google’s Android mobile operating system on Wednesday, including mobile browsers and at least one mobile wallet application. The vulnerabilities were found in a wide...

Wi-Fi network scanner: inSSIDer

inSSIDer is the best free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows 7, Vista and XP The free inSSIDer software utility for Windows, iOS, and Android is one of the most useful and easy-to-interpret wireless networking tools I’ve encountered. InSSIDer displays information about the wireless networks in...

mDNSResponder: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background mDNSResponder is a component of Apple's Bonjour, an initiative for zero-configuration networking. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mDNSResponder. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact A local or remote attacker may be able to...

Koobface Gang Shuts Down C&C Server, Drops Offline

The crew behind the Koobface worm, who have been quite open about their exploits and financial gains from their work in the past, now seem to be ducking underground as pressure is building on them in the wake of exposures of their operation and real identities. The command-and-control server used...

OpenJDK: excessive default UDP socket limit under SecurityManager (Networking, 7032417)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Networking...

OpenJDK: InputStream skip() information leak (Networking/IO, 7000600)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality via unknown...

The Cloud Security Rules Book - Technology is your friends & Enemy

The Cloud Security Rules Book - Technology is your friends & Enemy Well-known security experts decipher the most challenging aspect of cloud computing-security. The Cloud Security Rules book is available on Amazon.com and selected book stores from October 2011. According to Description available...

kernel: net: improve sequence number generation

The 1 IPv4 and 2 IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate sequence numbers and Fragment Identification values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service disrupted networking or hijack network sessions by predicting...

OpenJDK: excessive default UDP socket limit under SecurityManager (Networking, 7032417)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Networking...

OpenJDK: InputStream skip() information leak (Networking/IO, 7000600)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, 5.0 Update 31 and earlier, and 1.4.233 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality via unknown...

Facebook 2012 Hacker Cup announced !

Facebook 2012 Hacker Cup announced Facebook today announced open registration for its second annual Hacker Cup, an annual algorithmic programming contest open to engineers from around the world. Programmers will be judged on accuracy and speed as they race to solve algorithmic problems to advance...

India orders Net firms to censor themselves

India orders Net firms to censor themselves Some of the world's top websites will have to purge themselves of all content that is offensive to Indians by February 6. The companies must update their progress on the effort within two weeks, a court in New Delhi ordered on Saturday, the reports say...

Iran government websites now on local server to Protect them from Cyber Attacks

Iran government websites now on local server to Protect them from Cyber Attacks An Iranian official says the country has transferred the location of most of its government websites from foreign-based hosting agencies to new computer facilities inside the country to avert potential cyber attacks...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1304-1)

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...

Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1304-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1304-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN13041.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1304-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.n...