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Linear and Numerical SDoF Bounds of Active RIS-Assisted MIMO Wiretap Interference Channel
The multiple-input multiple-output MIMO wiretap interference channel IC serves as a canonical model for information-theoretic security, where a multiple-antenna eavesdropper attempts to intercept communications in a two-user MIMO IC system. The secure degrees-of-freedom SDoF of an active...
China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks AT&T and Verizon, Accessing Wiretap Data: Report
China’s Salt Typhoon hacked AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen, compromising wiretap systems used in criminal investigations. The breach, linked…...
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans...
Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that’s left to do now is vote...
Google Settles $5 Billion Privacy Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in 'Incognito Mode'
Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in June 2020 that alleged that the company misled users by tracking their surfing activity who thought that their internet use remained private when using the "incognito" or "private" mode on web browsers. The class-action lawsuit sought at least $5...
Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert
Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate: The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian XMPP service, received a notification that one of the servers’ certificates had expired...
SUSE CVE-2011-1959
The snoopread function in wiretap/snoop.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 does not properly handle certain virtualizable buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a large length value in a snoop file that triggers a stack-bas...
SUSE CVE-2012-0068
The lanalyzerread function in wiretap/lanalyzer.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a Novell capture file containing a record that is too small...
SUSE CVE-2014-6430
The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not validate bitmask data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted file...
SUSE CVE-2017-6467
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size...
SUSE CVE-2018-5334
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks...
SUSE CVE-2018-7420
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks...
How Did Facebook Beat a Federal Wiretap Demand?
This is interesting: Facebook Inc. in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to find out how. The entire proceeding was confidential, with only the result leaking to the press. Lawyers for the ACLU and t...
CVE-2019-10895
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the NetScaler file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by improving data validation...
CVE-2019-10895
CVE-2019-10895 affects Wireshark 2.4.0–2.4.13, 2.6.0–2.6.7, and 3.0.0, where the NetScaler file parser could crash due to insufficient data validation. The issue is fixed in the Wireshark codebase by improving validation in wiretap/netscaler.c (as noted in multiple advisories). Public references ...
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-10895
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the NetScaler file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by improving data validation...
CVE-2019-10895: Out-of-bounds Read
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.13, 2.6.0 to 2.6.7, and 3.0.0, the NetScaler file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by improving data validation...
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19627
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by adjusting a buffer boundary...