Security News

Patches Available for Linux Sudo Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 17:55

A high-severity vulnerability in sudo has been patched in a number of Linux distributions; the flaw allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root.

Cisco, Netgear Readying Patches for Samba Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 17:51

Cisco is prepping fixes for two of its products affected by last week's Samba vulnerability. Netgear has also pushed out a fix for NAS devices that were affected.

Vendors Investigating Impact of Samba Vulnerability (Security Week)
2017-05-31 09:14

Companies that provide network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, routers and other types of networking devices have started investigating the impact of a recently disclosed Samba vulnerability on...

Vulnerability opens FreeRADIUS servers to unauthenticated attackers (Help Net Security)
2017-05-30 15:41

A vulnerability in the free, open source FreeRADIUS server could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication via PEAP or TTLS. There is currently no indication that the flaw is being...

Joomla users: Update immediately to kill severe SQLi vulnerability (Help Net Security)
2017-05-18 16:11

Version 3.7 of Joomla, pushed out less than a month ago, opens websites to SQL injection attacks, Sucury Security researchers have found. As explained by researcher Marc-Alexandre Montpas: “The...

Explained — How Intel AMT Vulnerability Allows to Hack Computers Remotely (The Hackers News)
2017-05-12 01:45

Earlier this week Intel announced a critical escalation of privilege bug that affects its remote management features shipping with Intel Server chipsets for past 7 years, which, if exploited,...