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Bugs in open-source libraries impact 70% of modern software

Security Affairs

70 percent of mobile and desktop applications that today we use are affected at least by one security flaw that is present in open-source libraries. Experts pointed out that every library could be affected by one o more issues which will be inherited from all the applications that use them. ” reads the report.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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CVE-2020-7247 RCE flaw in OpenSMTPD library affects many BSD and Linux distros

Security Affairs

Security researchers have spotted a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-7247, that affects a core email-related library used by many BSD and Linux distributions. Security experts from Qualys have discovered a flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-7247, in OpenSMTPD. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Google expert disclosed details of an unpatched flaw in SymCrypt library

Security Affairs

Tavis Ormandy, a white hat hacker Google Project Zero announced to have found a zero-day flaw in the SymCrypt cryptographic library of Microsoft’s operating system. Specially crafted certificates could be provided in multiple ways, for example in digitally signed and encrypted messages via the S/MIME protocol. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

I had a lively discussion recently with a couple of experts from WhiteHat Security. I spoke with WhiteHat Security researchers Bryan Becker and Mark Rogan at RSA 2019. For example, last year, a vulnerability in the open source jQuery File Upload plugin was discovered. Baking-in security. Spreading exposures.

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Drupal addresses two XSS flaws by updating the CKEditor

Security Affairs

Drupal developers released security updates for versions 8.8.x x that fix two XSS vulnerabilities affecting the CKEditor library. The Drupal development team has released security updates for versions 8.8.x x that address two XSS vulnerabilities that affect the CKEditor library. Drupal 8 versions prior to 8.7.x

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Hackers target Docker servers to deploy the new Kinsing cryptocurrency miner

Security Affairs

Cloud security firm Aqua Security uncovered a hacking campaign carried out during the past months, hackers are scanning the Internet for Docker servers running API ports exposed without a password. ” reads the post published by Aqua Security. gopsutil – a process utility library, used for system and processes monitoring.

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