#dirtycow

Enjoying some days off from work. Here's a walkthrough for #Hackfest 2016 #Sedna!

At the moment I am enjoying some days off from work because of Easter holiday. To fill my time I decided to spend some time with the hackfest2016: Sedna game. The difficulty level on this one is rated medium, I expect it to be somewhat harder the hackfest2016: Quaoar game. Description From Vulnhub: There are multiple way to root this box, if it should work but doesn’t try to gather more info…

December Android Security Update Includes Dirty Cow Fix

The December Android security update was just released, and one of the major things this update will fix is the Dirty Cow vulnerabilities. The Dirty Cow vulnerability could allow various malicious apps to take over your Android device. This security issue among others was a priority for the December Security Update from Android. December Android Security Update Fixes Dirty Cow Dirty Cow is among…

Dirty COW – Security Risk or White Hat Delight?

Recently, a 9 year old bug has been discovered in the core of the Linux framework. Affecting every Linux PC and any device that runs off Linux based software (including Android phones), this root hole is about as wide spread as a Day Zero bug can be. But what is it and more importantly, what can...

The Purple server will be rebooted tonight between 21:00 and 23:00 UTC on Wed 26th Oct 2016 to load new a new kernel.

This update fixes the the Dirty COW vulnerability.