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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

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

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

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

How We Could Save the World From Global Warming Before Our Time Is Up

Recent reports such as Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability ... prepared for the climate-related risks that we already face. Investments in better preparation can pay dividends ... read more

New “Freak” SSL exploit may be a major threat to online security

In its essence, it was a fault that plagued the widely-used TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol ... What it does is basically attempt to use a very outdated cipher suite, known as RSA_EXPORT, whic... 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

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

'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

Human trafficking awareness — A lesson for unsuspected victims

How does a ... Other at-risk children include those involved in street vending as well as those engaging in begging. Action, Means, Purpose This definition of human trafficking contains three separate ... 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