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How to Neuter POODLE (New SSL Vulnerability)

October 16, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Surprise, surprise... Researcher's have found yet another OpenSSL vulnerability. They've named this one POODLE. Silly name, I know, but at least it stands for something—Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption. In short, POODLE is a protocol level cryptography flaw in Secure Sockets Layer version 3 (SSLv3), which is one of the many encryption protocols available … [Read more...]

OpenSSL Patches Six Vulnerabilities, Including a MitM Flaw

June 5, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Today, the OpenSSL team released a critical update for their popular SSL/TLS package, which fixes six security vulnerabilities in their product, including a relatively serious Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) flaw. If you use OpenSSL, you should read up on these issues and update OpenSSL immediately. WatchGuard products, like many others that use OpenSSL, are affected by these issues … [Read more...]

Oracle CPU – WSWiR Episode 103

April 18, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Oracle Patches, Heartbleed Update, and Cool Gaming Hacks Information security has become a hot topic, with tens of new infosec articles and issues showing up each week. Perhaps you're concerned with the latest security news, but don't have to time to keep up with it among your other administrative tasks. If that sounds like you, check out my weekly infosec news video for a … [Read more...]

Heartbleed Bug- WSWiR Episode 102

April 11, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

April Patch Day, Raided Pen-Tester, and OpenSSL Heartbleed Information security news never stops, even if I have to post it from a Changi Airport lounge. If you need to learn the latest cyber security news, including what to do about the biggest vulnerability of the year (so far), you've found the right weekly video blog. This week's "on-the-road" episode covers Adobe and … [Read more...]

11.8.3 Update 1 now available to fix Heartbleed vulnerabilty in Fireware XTM OS

April 9, 2014 By Brendan Patterson

New Release: Fireware XTM 11.8.3 Update 1 Yesterday we posted an update about the Heartbleed vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160) in OpenSSL. We are pleased to announce that 11.8.3 Update 1 is now available at the software download site with a critical patch to address this issue in WatchGuard appliances.  We recommend you update immediately if you use Fireware XTM v11.8.x. This … [Read more...]

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