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What risks does the OpenFlow protocol vulnerability present?

networking -- that can cause several problems, including denial-of-service attacks. What does the OpenFlow vulnerability entail and what risks does it present to enterprises using the SDN protocol? Th... read more

Bleedingbit Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Expose WiFi APs to Risk

Wireless access points from multiple vendors are potentially at risk thanks to a set of new Bluetooth ... being a backdoor that shouldn't have been present. Seri explained that the OAD feature, by def... read more

Interview: Researcher Argues EOS isn’t a Blockchain — Just a Distributed Database

Does EOS essentially present a security risk to users, or are these shortcomings things that can be fixed? Cole:I believe the EOS system, as it is now, presents inherent security vulnerabilities. read more

Government cybersecurity units: the good, the bad and the bureaucracy

Although the practice of stockpiling exploitation tools is pretty much a necessity for effective government cyber organizations, it does present ... keeping these vulnerabilities secret can put both p... read more

Whether Intended or Accidental, Internet Traffic Rerouting Can Be Costly

the Internet's main routing protocol, rather than a hijack. Each Internet Service Provider advertises to all others a list of Internet Protocols it owns. A prefix leak occurs when an ISP advertises a ... 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 af... 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 asses... read more

Elections: The Hidden Cybersecurity Danger for Governments

No software or hardware should be accessible without a strong password protocol and two-factor authentication ... and networks should be segregated so that a breach in one part of a network does not a... read more

The Ripple Effects of SDN: How It Will Change Data Center IT

Although some vendors have taken a more immediate, tactical approach by providing direct access to the hardware via an API, this method does not allow for central ... to the individual devices used by ... read more

Five Pentesting Tools and Techniques (That Every Sysadmin Should Know)

LLMNR is a protocol ... it does not need to be run through the security code review process, and gets published out for all personnel to see and use. With a focus on publishing the code versus making ... 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 emph... read more

SDN security issues: How secure is the SDN stack?

"What does it mean when your forwarding plane and control plane ... The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), steward of the OpenFlow protocol, published a paper last October that identified two potential ... read more