Announcements

Poodle Vulnerability

  • 20th October 2014
We’d like to inform you of a new vulnerability (disclosed by Google on October 14th, 2014) in the SSL 3.0 protocol. The vulnerability labelled POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption), can enable crucial information to be intercepted by third parties in communications with servers which enable SSL 3.0. What is the issue? The ...
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Shellshock - Bash Bug Update

  • 8th October 2014
Dear Valued Customer, The Bash Bug, also known as Shellshock, affected computers running Unix, Linux and Mac OS, by potentially allowing a remote hacker to take control and run malicious programs. AlpineWeb responded immediately, working to identify and patch all UNIX and Linux servers. At present, the patching is completed. However, server ...
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Shellshock - Bash Bug

  • 26th September 2014
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a Security Alert on Wednesday September 24, 2014 regarding the Shellshock bug.http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2014/09/24/Bourne-Again-Shell-Bash-Remote-Code-Execution-VulnerabilityShell Shock is a vulnerabilty in the Bourne-Again Shell or Bash software used in most Linux and ...
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Heartbleed Bug Vulnerability

  • 11th April 2014
Heartbleed Bug   A significant flaw named the “Heartbleed Bug” has been discovered and poses a large security threat to the internet as a whole. The Heartbleed bug is present in the software library OpenSSL which is used by many websites to privately send data to and from an internet server. Fortunately, our servers were ...
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