Bash Shellcode is now at 6 CVE vulnerabilities

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This Shellshock issue has now spawned 6 CVE’s  CVE = Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures   Threat level Yellow at Internet Storm Center This is a complex vulnerability first CVE got patched almost immediately  CVE-2014-6271 The second CVE now has a patch as of Friday).  CVE-2014-7169 The 3rd and 4th CVE  CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187   not patched … Read more

Bash shellcode reality

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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

Some Restaurant software is unsafe for credit cards

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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

Bash Shellcode truth

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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

What is the true value of a test scan and attack?

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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