Denial of service (DoS) flaws may not seem all that severe when they affect desktop clients. However, when they affect your DNS server they can cause organization wide outages. If you use ISC BIND, watch today's video to learn about the update that fixes three DoS vulnerabilities in the popular DNS daemon. (Episode Runtime: 2:10) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Critical BIND DoS – Daily Security Byte EP.121
The most popular DNS server on the market, BIND, suffers from a new denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that's trivial to exploit. Watch today's episode to learn what to do. (Episode Runtime: 1:21) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxsRs9Ll2-g EPISODE REFERENCES: BIND suffers from easy to exploit DoS flaw - SC Magazine Another good description of the … [Read more...]
Blackhat 2013 – WSWiR Episode 72
Details on Femtocell hacking, Mactans, and SCADA Honeypots This is the week of the Blackhat and Defcon security conferences; two of the biggest security research conferences of the year. So rather than quickly summarize InfoSec news—like I do most weeks—I'll share details about three of my favorite talks from this year's Blackhat show (Defcon is going on now). Two of my … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 65 – NetTraveler
iOS Charger Hack, Mac Virus, and NetTraveler After a week hiatus due to WatchGuard's Worldwide Partner conference, I'm back with another video summary of this week's biggest security news. Join me this episode, where I highlight an upcoming Blackhat talk about an iOS charger vulnerability, warn of a proof-of-concept (PoC) OS X virus, and share news about a new APT threat that … [Read more...]
Patch BIND 9 to Avoid DNS Outages
Earlier this week, the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released a BIND 9 update to fix two serious Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the popular, open source DNS server software. The two DoS flaws differ technically, but essentially share the same scope and impact. By sending specially crafted packets to your BIND 9 server, an attacker could leverage these flaws to … [Read more...]
