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29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests

A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user's cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone already allowed to send traffic through the same proxy. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing change and is still live in Squid's default configuration. Researchers at Calif.io disclosed it in June and named it Squidbleed (

Schneier on Security

Professional Athletes and Wearables

I haven’t thought about the privacy issues surrounding professional athletes and wearables. Wearables present serious privacy issues for “Average Joe” consumers, who are entrusting…

SecurityWeek

Fortinet Responds to FortiBleed Campaign

A database of over 86,000 confirmed working credentials was created during the credential-harvesting campaign. The post Fortinet Responds to FortiBleed Campaign appeared first on S…

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