CVE-2017-20002

The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH hence bypassing PAM's nulloksecure configuration. Thi...

Default credentials

The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH hence bypassing PAM's nulloksecure configuration. Thi...

CVE-2017-20002

The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH hence bypassing PAM's nulloksecure configuration. Thi...

CVE-2017-20002

The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH hence bypassing PAM's nulloksecure configuration. Thi...

A Practical Guide to Zero-Trust Security

Employees are demanding that employers enable flexible workstyles. Apps are moving to the cloud. A company’s device and application mix are increasingly heterogeneous. All of these factors are breaking down the enterprise security perimeter, rendering traditional security approaches obsolete, and...

Ovum recommends Microsoft security to safeguard your hybrid and multi cloud environments

According to a new Ovum report, "Azure Sentinel…positions Microsoft to be a force for change in a security information and events management SIEM market that is ripe for disruption at the moment." As enterprises migrate to the cloud, they’re increasingly operating on-premises and cloud environmen...

3 investments Microsoft is making to improve identity management

As a large enterprise with global reach, Microsoft has the same security risks as its customers. We have a distributed, mobile workforce who access corporate resources from external networks. Many individuals struggle to remember complex passwords or reuse one password across many accounts, which...

Ignite 2018 highlights: password-less sign-in, confidential computing, new threat protection, and more

What a week it was in Orlando! Ignite is always a biggie, and this one was no exception. For all of us here at Microsoft who get to work on security, spending time with customers to learn how you are using our security products today and to share new innovations to come is a highlight. At this...

Building a world without passwords

Nobody likes passwords. They are inconvenient, insecure, and expensive. In fact, we dislike them so much that weve been busy at work trying to create a world without them a world without passwords. In this blog, we will provide a brief insight into how we at Microsoft think about solving this...

Decentralized P2P Websites: ZeroNet

Decentralized P2P websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network ZeroNet uses Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology to build a decentralized censorship-resistant network. Users can publish static or dynamic websites into ZeroNet and visitors can choose to also serve the website...

linux/x86 append "/etc/passwd" & exit() 107 bytes

No description provided by source. view source print? / appendpasswd.c Payload: Adds the string: toor::0:0:t00r:/root:/bin/bash to /etc/passwd thereby adding a password-less root account with login name "toor" Platform: linux/x86 Size: 107 bytes Author: $andman / / 08049054 start: 8049054: eb 38...

linux/x86 append ""/etc/passwd"" & exit() 107 bytes

No description provided by source. / appendpasswd.c Payload: Adds the string: toor::0:0:t00r:/root:/bin/bash to /etc/passwd thereby adding a password-less root account with login name "toor" Platform: linux/x86 Size: 107 bytes Author: $andman / / 08049054 start: 8049054: eb 38 jmp 804908e callfun...

Fedora 7 : dovecot-1.0.13-18.fc7 (2008-2475)

This update upgrades dovecot from version 1.0.10 to 1.0.13. Besides bug fixes, two security issues were fixed upstream in version 1.0.11 and 1.0.13. CVE-2008-1199 If Dovecot was configured with mailextragroups = mail, users having shell access to IMAP server could use this flaw to read, modify or...

Moderate: kdebase security update

3.3.1-6.el4.0.1 - turn off ' 3.3.1-6.l4 - Resolves: 290851, CVE-2007-4569, kdm password-less login vulnerability CVE-2007-3820, CVE-2007-4224 CVE-2007-4225, Konqueror address bar spoofin...

kdm -- passwordless login vulnerability

The KDE development team reports: KDM can be tricked into performing a password-less login even for accounts with a password set under certain circumstances, namely autologin to be configured and "shutdown with password" enabled...

several vulnerabilities present in Belkin wireless routers

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Advisory name: several vulnerabilities present in Belkin wireless routers Overall severity rating: HIGH risk Devices affected: "belkin54g" family of wireless routers 4 main vulnerabilities are included in this advisory: - - default telnet backdoor - -...