What started as an environment of function and usability on Unix systems has devolved in another security exploit mess. US -CERT has the report for both potential exploits now (one was patched) all tools are there for hackers to exploit specific websites running Linux or Unix. That means that there are many websites that … Read more
Signature Systems Inc based out of Newtown, PA sent out press release If you see your restaurant has PDQ software then you should likely reset your credit cards: Joanie’s – St. Louis, MO 6/19/2014 7:29 AM 8/1/2014 10:52 PM Joe’s Pizza – Greenville, IL 6/19/2014 8:05 AM 8/1/2014 11:59 PM Joe’s Pizza and Pasta – … Read more
There are two Common Vulnerability and Exposure CVE-2014-6271 and CVE-2014-7169 Akamai has posted it’s response CERT has posted it’s vulnerability Note Red Hat has developed the following test: $ env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable’ bash -c “echo this is a test” RedHat Blog also discusses it and has set up a FAQ Updating Bash on … Read more
To test or not to test? We are constantly inundated over different advertisements, and have an inherent distrust of something new. The problem that a company has is that … (picture of radar installation) the hackers are scanning the Internet for any machines they can access using free tools. Scanning the Internet Is … Read more
NTVUganda story Don’t look at the details of McKinnon and his extradition battle etc. (picture also from NTVUganda.co.ug) This is what is important: “Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information Fred Matiang’i estimates that the country lost nearly Ksh2 billion ($22.56 million) to cyber crime, with close to 1,000 Kenyans falling victim to Internet fraud on … Read more
