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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

8 Best Practices for Application Container Security

Namespace provides horizontal isolation between containers but does ... include a vulnerability that can only be exploited if package B is present or if a particular network protocol is being ... read more

Another Serious Security Breach Revealed Weeks After Heartbleed

According to the group, the new bug, deemed an “SSL/TLS MITM” vulnerability ... What does the bug mean for you? While all servers using OpenSSL are at risk until they’ve been upgraded, the bug only ... read more

The Importance of Strong Domain Security to Brand Value

Added to that mix is the ever-present cyberthreat ... that uses a portal to ensure ongoing security checks and searches for code vulnerabilities much like an IT security team does for a website. ... read more

Critical Bluetooth Flaws Put Over 5 Billion Devices At Risk Of Hacking

Many of those devices are now at risk of being hacked ... users won’t bother. The vulnerabilities are not located in the Bluetooth protocol itself, but in the individual Bluetooth implementations -- ... read more

BASH vulnerability: All you need to know

TechRadar Pro: What is the vulnerability? Craig Young: An Akamai researcher discovered that BASH, the dominant command-line interpreter present on Unix/Linux ... a far more serious risk than a buffer ... 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

What is going on with OAuth 2.0? And why you should not use it for authentication.

Given this, I decided not only to explain why you must not use OAuth 2.0 for authentication on example of quite twisted vulnerability ... reduce the risk. Of course, the truth is that if something is ... read more

Visual surveillance and weak cyber security, Part One: When cameras get dangerous

Vumacam’s system uses Hikvision’s IP cameras; each camera has a unique IP (internet protocol ... puts users at risk who assume the existing firmware does not have issues.” The implication of this is ... read more

EVMs cannot be perfectly secure, says expert

However, it is possible to hold transparent elections by making the design public, getting expert opinion on its vulnerabilities, addressing them through a public process and using VVPAT, with the ... read more

This Smart Doorbell Was Accidentally Sending Data To China, Until People Started Freaking Out

The flaw existed in firmware version 1.4.26, but was no longer present in updated version 1.4.29. Tevora said it classified the issue not as a vulnerability ... significant risk to Ring users. The ... read more