DSA-4322 libssh – security update

Peter Winter-Smith of NCC Group discovered that libssh, a tiny C SSHlibrary, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the servercode. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to successfullyauthenticate without any credentials by presenting the server anSSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_SUCCESS message in place of theSSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST message which the server would expect toinitiate authentication. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4322

Encrypted SNI Comes to Firefox Nightly

TL;DR: Firefox Nightly now supports encrypting the TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) extension, which helps prevent attackers on your network from learning your browsing history. You can enable encrypted SNI today and it will automatically work with any site that … Continue readingThe post Encrypted SNI Comes to Firefox Nightly appeared first on Mozilla Security Blog. More info: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/10/18/encrypted-sni-comes-to-firefox-nightly/

WordPress Activity Log – 7 Things You Should Be Tracking

https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-activity-log/When your WordPress website is small, it’s easy to keep tabs on everything that happens within it. However, as it grows in size and complexity it can become a lot harder to keep up. This is particularly true if you enable users to register on your site, run a membership site, or have multiple contributors […] More info: https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-activity-log/

DSA-4322 libssh – security update

Peter Winter-Smith of NCC Group discovered that libssh, a tiny C SSHlibrary, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the servercode. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to successfullyauthenticate without any credentials by presenting the server anSSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_SUCCESS message in place of theSSH2_MSG_USERAUTH_REQUEST message which the server would expect toinitiate authentication. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4322
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