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What risks does the OpenFlow protocol vulnerability present?

Security researchers discovered an important vulnerability in OpenFlow -- the dominant protocol for software-defined networking-- that can cause several problems, including denial-of-service attacks. ... read more

OpenFlow protocol bug to get mitigations, not a rewrite

The Open Networking Foundation is moving to address the protocol vulnerability revealed last week in OpenFlow, but won't revise the protocol ... The ONF, he wrote, assesses the vulnerability to be a ... read more

Society Desperately Needs an Alternative Web

Increasing wage inequality and financial vulnerability have given rise to populism ... to create the webpages HTTP (used to create web pages), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and URLs (Universal ... read more

Softpedia Interview: Nicholas Lemonias on Satellite Communication Vulnerabilities

Common security solutions envisage the use of standard End-to-End security protocols, over the Internet Protocol Suite ... with Performance Enhancement Proxies (PEP's). This vulnerability is present - ... read more

Breached: How the Mortgage Industry Can Implement Stronger Cybersecurity

They must also ensure a robust vulnerability ... what that does is expose a lender’s customer base and potentially the lender or service provider to reputational risk or penalties and fines. read more

Donald Trump's Reportedly Using His Personal Cell Phone Again Because Security, What's That?

President Donald Trump's refusal to commit to diplomatic protocol has often raised security ... be regularly updated to address newly discovered vulnerabilities, present an obvious potential security ... read more

Three Critical Steps to Next-Gen 911 Security (Contributed)

As we move from a legacy, landline network environment for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) to an open Internet protocol ... and what does that look like?” Next, conduct threat modeling and ... read more

BlueBorne Attack Impacts Billions Of Unpatched Bluetooth-Connected Devices

Armis also said that Bluetooth software offers a larger attack surface than Wi-Fi software does, especially since ... versions of iOS that they're at risk. The vulnerability found in Apple’s Low ... read more

Understanding Cloud Computing Vulnerabilities

How much effort does it take? What is the risk ... vulnerability as intrinsic to virtualization and highly relevant to cloud computing. Second, Web application technologies must over­come the problem ... read more

Watchdog Exposes Weaknesses in TSA Oversight of Airport Security

The watchdog also found that the TSA’s Risk ... protocol," the GAO wrote. While the number of vulnerability assessments performed by the TSA increased slightly between 2009 and 2015, the watchdog ... read more

'Backdoor' in WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption leaves messages open to interception [Updated]

The problem does not lie with the Signal protocol itself -- the issue is entirely related to how WhatsApp has implemented it. Despite the fact that Boelter reported the problem to Facebook last April, ... read more