March 2016

Threat: Multiple Passcode Bypass Vulnerabilities Discovered in iOS 9
Solution: Disable the Siri module and Events Calendar without passcode, along with the public Control Panel with the timer and world clock. Users should also activate the weather app to prevent the redirect.
URL: http://www.securityweek.com/multiple-passcode-bypass-vulnerabilities-discovered-ios-9

This is a pretty big vulnerability that requires very little technical knowledge to exploit. The last vulnerability of this type I remember only allowed access to pictures and contacts.

I also wonder if the FBI could could explot this to unlock the iPhone they want from Syed Farook and the few hundred ones they have from other suspects for lesser crimes.

In addition as I look at the steps needed to completely disable this exploit, I hope Apple pushes out a security update soon. I can’t imagine many users actually taking the steps to disable everything necessary to protect against this.

Threat: DROWN attack places more than 11 million websites at risk.

Solution: OpenSSL 1.0.2 users should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2g and OpenSSL 1.0.1 should upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.1s. If you are using another version of OpenSSL, you should move to the newer versions.
You should also ensure SSLv2 is disabled, as well as make sure that the private key isn’t shared across any other servers.

URL: http://thehackernews.com/2016/03/drown-attack-openssl-vulnerability.html

The DROWN attack targets servers that might not use SSL2 but still support it. Often this is done to support other servers that use it such as SMTP, IMAP, and POP mail servers. A DROWN attack could allow an attacker to decrypt HTTPS connections by sending specially crafted packets to a server or if the certificate is shared on another server, potentially performing a successful Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.

You can find out if your website is vulnerable to this critical security hole using the DROWN attack test site.

Like many of these attacks, the fix is already out there. Server admins need to perform updates immediately to protect against attacks. In addition confirming all servers that use the same certificates are updated is important as this attack can compromise one server and be used on a “secure” server that uses the same certificate.