Tomcat

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2017
CVE-2017-12617 Code Execution flaw patched in Apache Tomcat

Several security vulnerabilities have been patched in recent weeks in Apache Tomcat, including the CVE-2017-12617 Code Execution vulnerability. Several security vulnerabilities have been patched in recent weeks in Apache Tomcat. The list of fixed flaws recently addressed also included code execution vulnerabilities. Apache Tomcat is the most widely used web application server, with over one million downloads […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2014
IptabLes and IptabLex botnet targeting Linux servers to run large-scale DDoS attacks

Experts at Akamai-Prolexic discovered a botnet dubbed IptabLes and IptabLex that infects and exploits poorly-maintained Linux servers to run DDoS attacks. Akamai’s Prolexic division has uncovered a new botnet dubbed IptabLes and IptabLex, which was used in a series of attacks targeting malware based on Linux servers. The experts revealed that the IptabLes and IptabLex botnet compromises misconfigured and […]