Global Payments Hack Could Span to June 2011, Affect Over 1.5M Cards

The data breach that hit payment processor Global Payments earlier this year could have dated back to June 2011, launching speculation over whether more credit card numbers were stolen than initially reported. Several alerts issued by Visa and Mastercard, obtained by KrebsonSecurity.com, suggest...

Failover or Surebackup Starts a Virtual Machine With an Incorrect Ethernet Interface

Article Applicability The issue discussed in this article is strictly related to the use of VMXNET3 network adapters with the following vSphere VM guest operating systems: Windows 7 Windows 7 SP1 Server 2008 R2 Server 2008 R2 SP1 Challenge When you back up/replicate/copy/clone a vSphere VM runnin...

Surprises Ahead for Some Level 2 Merchants

The PCI DSS has been around for years, and most PCI "pros" are familiar with the processes needed to validate compliance. However, insiders often forget that small changes to the guidelines can have a big impact on merchants. One such change is upon us: MasterCards new validation guidelines for...

Joomla component (com_photomapgallery) SQL injection Vulnerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: joomla component comphotomapgallery SQL injection Vulnerability Download : http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-a-images/photo-gallery/10658 Date: 10/04/2012 Author: xDarkSton3x E-mail : email protected Category: webap...

Global Payments Says 1.5 Million Cards May Be Affected By Breach

UPDATED–Global Payments, the payment-processing company that was the victim of a massive data breach revealed last week, said that the attack appears to have compromised something less than 1.5 million credit card numbers and that the attack looks to have been isolated to the network in North...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2012:0350 Updated kernel packages that fix various security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring...

virt: VT-d (PCI passthrough) MSI trap injection

Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

PCI Compliance No Real Obstacle to Compromises

SAN FRANCISCO–The PCI DSS standard has taken a beating from critics, security experts and CSOs virtually since the day it appeared in its earliest form in 2004. It’s evolved quite a bit in the intervening years, but it hasn’t shaken any of that criticism, and security folks say there’s a good...

kvm security and bug fix update

kvm-83-249.0.1.el5 - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch - Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch - modify kversion to fix build failure kvm-83-249.el5 - kvm-kernel-KVM-x86-Prevent-starting-PIT-timers-in-the-absence-o.patch bz770101 - CVE: CVE-2011-4622 - Resolves: bz770101...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kvm security and bug fix update

Updated kvm packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2337-1 (xen)

The remote host is missing an update to xen announced via advisory DSA 2337-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb23371.nasl 6612 2017-07-07 12:08:03Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2337-1 xen Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix one security issue, one bug, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which give...

PCI DSS Compliance : Database Reachable from the Internet

The remote host is running a database server that is reachable from the Internet. This violates PCI DSS, section 1.3.7. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid57581; scriptversion"1.13"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate", value:"2020/04/27"...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.18-274.17.1.0.1.el5 - fix ia64 build error due to add-support-above-32-vcpus.patchZhenzhong Duan - x86 use dynamic vcpuinfo remap to support more than 32 vcpus Zhenzhong Duan - scsi add additional scsi medium error handling John Sobecki orabug 12904887 - x86 Fix lvt0 reset when hvm boot up wi...

Cisco IOS Command EXEC Unspecified Vulnerability

An unspecified vulnerability in Command EXEC allows local users to bypass command restrictions and obtain sensitive information via an unspecified 'variation of an IOS command'. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid17775; scriptversion"1.5";...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-220.2.1.el6 - dm fixing test for NULL pointer testing Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 2.6.32-220.1.1.el6 - dm do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device Paolo Bonzini 752379 752380 CVE-2011-4127 - block fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices...

What is Your Risk Assessment Worth?

A risk assessment provides your organization with a tool to determine how, where and how much to invest in controls and security over technology. It also serves to document the risk acceptance policy of your organization as the acceptable level of risk dictates the level of controls to be...

kernel security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2011:1479 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Commo...

RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2011:1479)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1479 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues: Using...