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Joomla releases patch for serious SQLi flaw

23

Oct

2015

#joomla, a popular #content management system, released patches on Thursday for a #vulnerability that can allow an #attacker to get full administrative access to a website. Joomla versions 3.2 through 3.4.4 are vulnerable, and the latest version is 3.4.5. The SQL injection flaw was found by Asaf Orphani, a researcher with Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, and Netanel […]

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Mozilla admits bug-tracker breach led to attacks against Firefox users

07

Sep

2015

#mozilla said an unknown #attacker accessed its #bugzilla bug-and-change tracking database, stole information about 53 critical security #vulnerabilities, and used at least one of those flaws to attack #firefox #users. Bugzilla is the open-source #tracker that Mozilla’s developers — both paid and volunteer — use to log issues, whether security related or not; discuss different […]

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New RC4 Attack Dramatically Reduces Cookie Decryption Time

16

Jul

2015

Two Belgian security researchers from the University of Leuven have driven new nails into the coffin of the RC4 encryption algorithm. A published paper, expected to be delivered at the upcoming USENIX Security Symposium next month in Washington, D.C., describes new attacks against RC4 that allow an attacker to capture a victim’s cookie and decrypt […]

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