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My precious: security, privacy, and smart jewelry

November 14, 2018 admin 101, ant plus, ANT+, blé, bluetooth low energy, denial of service, dos, FYI, GDPR, Internet of Things, IoT, sleep apnea monitoring, sleep monitoring, smart jewelry, wearable jewelry, wearable tech, wearable technology, WT

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:27:23 +0000

Fashionable and functional. These are the makings of smart jewelry. They aren’t secure, yet some are used to secure user data and online accounts. Should you still buy one?

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Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) vulnerabilities

September 21, 2018 admin authentication, brute force, cybercrime, denial of service, Exploits, mailserver, sasl, Simple Authentication and Security Layer, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is an essential element of online authentication. But are you aware of all the known vulnerabilities? And, more importantly, have you patched them?

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Bitcoin Gold’s Website Was DDoS’d Into Oblivion Immediately After the Fork

October 24, 2017 admin attack, bgold, bitcoin, Bitfinex, BTC, btg, ddos, denial of service, fork, Futures, hard fork, news, SPLIT, tech, trading

Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:46:26 +0000

Bitcoin Gold’s debut has some quirks.

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SSD Advisory – Oracle Java and Apache Xerces PDF/Docx Server Side DoS

August 30, 2017 admin denial of service, SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:11:43 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes two (2) vulnerabilities found in Oracle Java JDK/JRE (1.8.0.131 and previous versions) packages and Apache Xerces (2.11.0) The vulnerabilities are: Oracle JDK/JRE Concurrency-Related Denial of Service java.net.URLConnection (with no setConnectTimeout) Concurrency-Related Denial of Service Credit An independent security researcher has reported this vulnerability to Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Oracle Java and Apache Xerces PDF/Docx Server Side DoS

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A week in security (Jan 01 – Jan 07)

January 18, 2017 admin denial of service, dos, EK, exploit kit, recap, Security world, sundown, tech support, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 1st of January to the 7th. This week, we touched on the Sundown exploit kit with a surprising payload and a fake technical support page that wreaked havoc on Mac systems.

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