Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Boston Public Library was victim of a cyberattack that crippled its computer network, the library revealed in a statement Friday. The Boston Public Library announced on Friday that it was hit by a cyberattack that compromised its computer network. The affected systems were taken offline to prevent the threat from spreading.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Libraries and sanctuary. John Vincent has been actively tackling social exclusion in libraries and other cultural and heritage organisations through The Network (www.seapn.org.uk) and the Libraries of Sanctuary project, that evolved from the Cities of Sanctuary.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2022

Google addressed a high-severity flaw in its OAuth client library for Java that could allow attackers with a compromised token to deploy malicious payloads. The Google OAuth Client Library for Java is designed to work with any OAuth service on the web, not just with Google APIs. or higher), and Google App Engine. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Farewell Ridgmount Street, hello British Library We are excited (and a little nostalgic) to announce that CILIP has relocated from Ridgmount Street to our new space at the British Library. It had previously been used (in part) as a repository for the British Library. So here we are in 2023.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Digital Leadership for Libraries empowering England’s public library workforce. CILIP has launched Digital Leadership for Libraries , five open-access, online learning modules created for public library workers, volunteers and apprentices. 16 November 2022. Digital Leadership.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2021

The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. New owner pays all packaging and shipping costs, and possibly a purchase price depending on who you are and what you want to do with the library. If you think you can break it up and sell it, I’ll consider that as a last resort. I can send photos.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mastering RPG Games in Libraries For librarians or teachers who aren’t players themselves, the scope of role-playing games can seem overwhelming, especially because being a game master in a school or public library for a group of students is quite different to being a game master for adults with hours to spend.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Green Libraries Conference: agenda gaining momentum A CONFERENCE to highlight the role that libraries and their staff can play in the climate change agenda was one of the key goals set out by the Green Libraries Partnership when it was established last year. In her talk she will provide an update on this phase of activities.

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CILIP

MAY 15, 2023

Public libraries are vital national network - CILIP Cymru Wales makes representation to Welsh Senedd “Libraries serve a manifold role. Along with Nicola Pitman, Chair of the Society of Chief Librarians, Amy argued that the new Welsh Library Public Standards (WPLS) framework will need to measure quality not just quantity of service.

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CILIP

AUGUST 31, 2022

African libraries provide perspectives on digital literacy for sustainable development. The African library sector has been a key advocate for digital literacy across the continent, and a new book published today delves into what has been achieved and what more needs to be done. Published: August 2022. ?. ?. ?. From CILIP.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Action, Inspiration and Insight at Inaugural Green Libraries Conference Last week CILIP’s first Green Libraries Conference took place and showcased over a year of sustainable and attainable green projects and initiatives, at the Wellcome Collection in London.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

The development team behind the vm2 JavaScript sandbox library addressed a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability. servers, it has approximately four million weekly downloads and its library is part of 722 packages. servers, it has approximately four million weekly downloads and its library is part of 722 packages.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 12, 2019

Flaw Could Cause Denial-of-Service Event in Windows Fleet, Researcher Claims A Google security researcher has disclosed what he calls an unpatched bug in the main cryptographic library used in newer versions of the Windows operating system that he claims could affect an entire fleet of Windows-based devices.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Front line of library advocacy is close to home THE reasons for defending access to information can sound abstract: “There’s a lot of abstraction when you’re doing policy at a global scale,” says Jennie Rose Halperin, Executive Director of Library Futures. The opposition So what is Library Futures up against?

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CILIP

JANUARY 19, 2023

How Libraries Can Support Those with Dementia Libraries are often considered the heart of the community, but not everyone understands just how much they have to offer. When it comes to dementia services, libraries have enormous potential to support people with dementia and their carers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Mozilla fixed a critical memory corruption issue affecting its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. Mozilla has addressed a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2021-43527) in its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. and NSS 3.73

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2022

A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library impacts millions of IoT products. Nozomi Networks warns of a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-05-02, in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library which is used by a large number of IoT products. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Researchers from DrWeb monitored attacks leveraging exploits for vulnerabilities in the Apache Log4j library. Researchers from DrWeb monitored attacks leveraging exploits for vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE2021-4104, and CVE-2021-42550) in the Apache Log4j library warning of the need to adopt protective measures.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Libraries call to strengthen link between local authorities and library services on green policy. The results from the Green Libraries Survey give an overview of where the sector sits today with an understanding of what public libraries are already doing to be green, what they would like to do, and what would help make this possible.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 27, 2021

When you think about the fact that libraries are about information and not simply about books, you begin to see where the value is. The post Public Affairs: Your New Neighborhood Library appeared first on Rafael Moscatel.

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OCTOBER 3, 2021

Take action with your library this Libraries Week. This Libraries Week (4-10 October 2021) libraries across the UK showcase their vital role in supporting active and engaged communities as we celebrate the transformative impact libraries can have on people?s s much-loved libraries.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The npm security team has removed a malicious JavaScript library named “ twilio-npm ” from its repository because contained malicious code. The tainted JavaScript library was spotted by the researcher Ax Sharma from security firm Sonatype. SecurityAffairs – hacking, npm library). tcp.ngrok[.]io:11425

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APRIL 20, 2023

Controversial materials in libraries and what to do about them Controversy is never far away from Professor Louise Cooke – it is a subject that has informed her work, research and teaching since she began life as a librarian. She says: “It is one of the greatest challenges facing libraries today.

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CILIP

DECEMBER 14, 2022

£135,000 funding for Anti-racist library collections in Wales. The investment will fund a new project – Anti-racist Library Collections: a training plan for public libraries in Wales with the purpose of raising the profile of libraries. 14 December 2022. which was also funded by the Welsh Government.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2021

Drupal development team released security updates to address a vulnerability that resides in the PEAR Archive_Tar third-party library. The Drupal development team has released security updates to address the CVE-2020-36193 vulnerability in the PEAR Archive_Tar third-party library. ” reads the advisory. bz2, or.tlz files.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2023

The open-source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw that could lead to remote code execution. The open-source JsonWebToken ( JWT ) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-23529 (CVSS score: 7.6), that could lead to remote code execution. addressed the issue.

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CILIP

APRIL 4, 2023

CILIP CEO Nick Poole joins Samira Ahmed in candid discussion on funding for libraries Nick Poole, CILIP CEO, was on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on 28 Mar 2023 and talked to Samira Ahmed about library funding in the UK. Libraries, after all, have been levelling up since the 1850s. million allocated to 27 projects.

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CILIP

APRIL 2, 2023

Beth Montague-Hellen, the new Head of Library and Information Services at the Francis Crick Institute, asks how big changes like this can be achieved without the help of a crisis. The latest book from Facet looks at how tabletop roleplaying games can be incorporated into school libraries.

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Pwnie Express

MARCH 17, 2022

Opensource from hell: malicious JavaScript distributed via opensource libraries, again. In this blog our CSO explores why distribution of malicious scripts via libraries is causing a stir amongst the open-source community and how you can defend against it. Florian Barre. Thu, 03/17/2022 - 08:01. Martin Jartelius, CSO, Outpost24.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 10, 2021

RLBox can be used to protect web browsers and other software applications from vulnerabilities in subcomponents and libraries.

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