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Flaw in Intel CPUs could help attackers defeat ASLR exploit defense

A feature in Intel’s Haswell CPUs can be abused to reliably defeat an anti-exploitation technology that exists in all major operating systems, researchers have found. The technique, developed by three researchers from State University of New York at Binghamton and the University of California in Riverside, can be used to bypass ASLR (address space layout randomization) and

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Monster Oracle update patches database, Java

Bigger is not necessarily better, but it’s beginning to look like Oracle will be releasing a monster Critical Patch Update (CPU) every quarter. These security updates affect databases, networking components, operating systems, applications server, Java, and ERP systems, leaving IT administrators to wrestle with the task of testing, verifying, and deploying several dozen patches in

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Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder's internet access to prevent U.S. election interference

Ecuador’s embassy in the U.K. says it alone was responsible for cutting WikiLeak’s founder Julian Assange’s internet connection, stating that the country doesn’t want to interfere with the U.S. elections. “The government of Ecuador respects the principle of non-intervention in the affairs of other countries,” it said in a Tuesday statement. “It does not interfere

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