Day: October 14, 2013

Debian Security Advisory 2779-1

Debian Linux Security Advisory 2779-1 – Aki Helin of OUSPG discovered many out-of-bounds read issues in libxml2, the GNOME project’s XML parser library, which can lead to denial of service issues when handling XML documents that end abruptly…….


aMSN 0.98.9 Local File Inclusion / SQL Injection

aMSN version 0.98.9 suffers from local file inclusion and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities…….


Passwords^13 Call For Submissions

The Passwords^13 Call For Submissions has been announced. It will be held December 2nd through the 3rd, 2013…….


mp3-player 2.5 Cross Site Scripting / Content Spoofing

mp3-player versions 2.5 and below suffer from cross site scripting and content spoofing vulnerabilities…….


PHPFox 3.6.0 Cross Site Scripting

PHPFox version 3.6.0 suffers from multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities…….


Linux Kernel Patches

This is a brief whitepaper that discusses various Linux kernel patches…….


RMS: How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?

Covalent writes “RMS describes how much surveillance is too much (hint: it’s all too much) and how to combat, circumvent, and prevent future surveillance. How much of what is suggested is plausible? How much is just a pipe dream? Discuss!” The article contains and extensive list of things we do that give too much data…


Microsoft’s chilling, charming ‘Walking Dead’ ad

There is love. There is horror. And, yes, of course there’s a MicroNokia Lumia phone at the end…….


Crowdsourced campaign scoops $AUD40k for pro-FTTP NBN ads

Comms Minister Turnbull’s local rag to get fibrous promotion……


Gates, Zuck, Dorsey chip in to teach 10M students coding

A new campaign dubbed “Hour of Code” hosted by Code.org enlists some of tech’s heavy hitters to help students better understand computer programming…….