Sun Microsystems has rushed out patches to fix a code execution hole in the Solaris 10/11 telnet daemon (in.telnetd). The company's fix comes just days after a hacker known as "Kingcope" went public ...

By default the root user cannot telnet to a Solaris box. Root is often prevented from remotely connecting to Unix/Linux boxes in an attempt to prevent some exploits. If root is intentionally prevented ...

Sun Microsystems, Secunia, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team and other security agencies have issued alerts for a somewhat oxymoronic telnet vulnerability in the Sun Solaris 10 ...

Solaris 10 is at risk of a zero-day exploit, due to security bugs in its telnet service, Sun Microsystems warned Tuesday. The "highly critical" vulnerabilities could enable attackers to gain ...

There is a severe remote code execution vulnerability in a number of Cisco’s security appliances, a bug that was first disclosed nearly three years ago. There is a severe remote code execution ...

Hackers are circulating a worm that can hijack systems running Sun Solaris 10’s Telnet daemon, security companies said today as they bumped up warnings to the red line. The appearance of the worm ...

It isn't expected to become a monster like Windows-based malware of the past, but security experts say an apparent worm exploiting a recently patched Sun Solaris flaw serves as another reminder to ...

Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell talk about the top news stories of the week – from leaky databases to SIM card attacks. Threatpost editors break down the biggest news stories of ...