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OpenSSL ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Leaks Sensitive Data

09

Apr

2014

Website owners should move quickly to patch a critical vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library. The flaw, which was disclosed Monday, can be exploited to compromise the secret keys used to identify service providers and encrypt traffic, usernames, passwords and content. Dubbed ‘Heartbleed’ because the bug is in OpenSSL implementation of the TLS/DTLS heartbeat […]

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Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Impacts Wikipedia and Other MediaWiki Sites

30

Jan

2014

Security researchers from Check Point have identified a critical vulnerability affecting websites created on the MediaWiki platform. Several Wiki sites have been impacted, including Wikipedia.org. According to experts, the security hole could have been exploited for remote code execution. Cybercr…

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Mozilla Fixes Thunderbird Flaw That Allowed Hackers to Insert Malicious Code into Emails

27

Jan

2014

Ateeq ur Rehman Khan, a Pakistani security researcher from Vulnerability Laboratory, has identified a critical vulnerability impacting the desktop version of the Thunderbird email client. The issue was reported to Mozilla back in May 2013, but the company confirmed fixing it only earlier this month. The…

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OpenSSL ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Leaks Sensitive Data

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