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Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Day Flaw in Windows Security Protocol – Dark Reading
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Microsoft Patches Critical Zero–Day Flaw in Windows Security Protocol
Dark Reading Researchers at Preempt uncovered two zero–day vulnerabilities within the Windows NTLM, both of which handle the protocol improperly and could allow attackers to create domain administrator accounts. One flaw was fixed as part of Patch Tuesday; the … New LDAP & RDP Relay Vulnerabilities in NTLM – Preempt Blog – Preempt Security |
Google’s new Samba client for Android uses the highly vulnerable SMBv1 protocol – Notebookcheck.net (press release)
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Google's new Samba client for Android uses the highly vulnerable SMBv1 protocol
Notebookcheck.net (press release) The SMBv1 protocol was the entry route for the recent ransomware attacks, and it comes as a surprise that Google is still developing an app based on this protocol — even after it has been deprecated, putting end users at risk. by Vaidyanathan … |
Lavabit developer has a new encrypted, end-to-end email protocol
The developer behind Lavabit, an email service that noted leaker Edward Snowden used, is releasing source code for an open-source end-to-end encrypted email standard that promises surveillance-proof messaging.
The code for the Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) standard will become available on Github, along with an associated mail server program, said its developer Ladar Levison on Friday.
DIME will work across different service providers and perhaps crucially will be “flexible enough to allow users to continue using their email without a Ph.D. in cryptology,” said Levison.
To coincide with its launch, Levison is also reviving Lavabit. The encrypted email service shut down in 2013 when federal agents investigating Snowden demanded access to email messages of his 410,000 customers, including their private encryption keys.
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