Security: WebKitGTK+, DEF CON. OpenSSL, and Ebury
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Endgame for WebKit Woes
In my original blog post On WebKit Security Updates, I identified three separate problems affecting WebKit users on Linux:
Distributions were not providing updates for WebKitGTK+. This was the main focus of that post.
Distributions were shipping a insecure compatibility package for old, unmaintained WebKitGTK+ 2.4 (“WebKit1”).
Distributions were shipping QtWebKit, which was also unmaintained and insecure.Let’s review these problems one at a time.
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Hackers breach dozens of voting machines brought to conference
One of the nation’s largest cybersecurity conferences is inviting attendees to get hands-on experience hacking a slew of voting machines, demonstrating to researchers how easy the process can be.
“It took me only a few minutes to see how to hack it,” said security consultant Thomas Richards, glancing at a Premier Election Solutions machine currently in use in Georgia.
The DEF CON cybersecurity conference is held annually in Las Vegas. This year, for the first time, the conference is hosting a "Voting Machine Village," where attendees can try to hack a number of systems and help catch vulnerabilities.
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OpenSSL disables TLS 1.0 and 1.1
I've just uploaded a version of OpenSSL to unstable that disables the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocol. This currently leaves TLS 1.2 as the only supported SSL/TLS protocol version.
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Man jailed for role in spreading Linux malware
OpenSSH is an implementation of the secure shell protocol; it runs on UNIX and Linux systems and is developed by the OpenBSD project.
The malware in question is known as Ebury and is a backdoor that is used to steal OpenSSH credentials and keep access to a compromised server open.
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