Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Google discovered a flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption library that could be exploited to get remote code execution. It provides functions for all cryptographic building blocks and is present in major Linux distributions like Fedora and Gentoo, along with macOS package manager Homebrew. users is required.

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CILIP

JUNE 13, 2023

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2024

Red Hat warns of a backdoor in XZ Utils data compression tools and libraries in Fedora development and experimental versions. Red Hat urges users to immediately stop using systems running Fedora development and experimental versions because of a backdoor in the latest versions of the “xz” tools and libraries. rpm and xz-libs-5.6.0-2.fc40.x86_64.rpm

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Enterprise Software Blog

MAY 19, 2023

And as it appears, Angular is a top framework that enables developers to tackle these challenges with the help of extended features and capabilities packed in different UI libraries. But with so many out there, how can you know which is the best Angular component library? 3rd party libraries are added on top of the actual framework.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 21, 2019

The theme this year is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. Requested Presentation Formats.

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CILIP

APRIL 15, 2024

CILIP Copyright COnference 2024 By Gary Horrocks THE summer 2023 issue of UKeiG’s open access journal, eLucidate , featured my reflections on the implications of a Members’ Day presentation by Ken Chad on the “library technology ecosystem". LibTech” becomes “EdTech”.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2020

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. ” reads the advisory published by Qualys. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CILIP

MARCH 8, 2021

Feminist leadership, libraries and Covid-19. s Library which was established in 1991 and now has more than 20 paid staff ? s was Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library. I have been a lifelong library lover, but have no formal training as an information professional. s Library were sown.? Adele said:

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CILIP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Libraries play a central role in our fast-changing digital world, and Honorary Fellowship honours the librarians, information and knowledge professionals who have set the highest standards and amplified the industry's reach. The 2023 Honorary Fellowships were presented at the CILIP Annual General Meeting (AGM).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2024

Researchers from the firmware security firm Binarly released a free online scanner to detect the CVE-2024-3094 Backdoor Last week, Microsoft engineer Andres Freund discovered a backdoor issue in the latest versions of the “xz” tools and libraries. The vulnerability was tracked as CVE-2024-3094 and received a CVSS score of 10.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Researchers at Duo Labs has launched a new service called CRXcavator that allows users to analyze Chrome extensions and deliver security reports on them. Researchers at Duo Labs, a division of Duo Security, has launched a new service called CRXcavator that allows users to analyze Chrome extensions and deliver security reports on them.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Recently I heard a librarian say that introducing makerspaces into libraries was one of the riskiest undertakings the service had ever embarked upon. I found this a little odd, since we are all in the information business and a lot of library time is taken up with answering ?how s library buildings are a mixture of ancient and modern.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Open source security has been a big focus of this week’s Black Hat conference, but no open source security initiative is bolder than the one proffered by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). ” OpenSSF was formed a year ago by the merger of Linux Foundation, GitHub and industry security groups.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. Log4j, for instance, is a ubiquitous logging library.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The company pointed out that crash dumps should not include the signing key, but a race condition allowed the key to be present in the crash dump (this issue has been fixed by the company). The investigation revealed that the system crash in April of 2021 resulted in a snapshot of the crashed process (“crash dump”).

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CILIP

MARCH 28, 2021

Here he speaks to Information Professional Editor Rob Green about how librarians and library services are now a central part of that function, and how the library service is supporting the wider needs of the Department. s library services more directly within the DWP?s Trevor recently incorporated the department?s Trevor says.

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CILIP

AUGUST 20, 2019

An Island Library and Archives explored. An Island Library and Archives explored. The present day Manx Museum and National Trust is supported by the Isle of Man Government and its Trustees are appointed by Tynwald. or free to search from the library reading room. This integrated museum, archives and ?library

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Researchers from the security firm Oxeye discovered a critical Remote Code Execution in Spotify’s Backstage (CVSS Score of 9.8). The issue can be exploited by triggering a recently disclosed VM sandbox escape vulnerability (CVE-2022-36067 aka Sandbreak) in the vm2 third-party library. ” reads the advisory published by Oxeye.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2023

On Friday, OpenAI revealed that the recent exposure of users’ personal information and chat titles in its chatbot service was caused by a bug in the Redis open-source library. we had a significant issue in ChatGPT due to a bug in an open source library, for which a fix has now been released and we have just finished validating.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 11, 2024

Solutions to challenges must be written by using known cryptographic libraries such as openFHE. The developers can also use higher-level libraries such as IBM’s HElayers to speed up their development and easily write robust and generic code.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole. Code debugging and code security tools exist to find and help developers fix the problems that occur. Security and Speed Needs Drive Growth. Best Code Debugging and Code Security Tools.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2023

Mockingjay is a new process injection technique that can be exploited to bypass security solutions to execute malware on compromised systems. A new process injection technique dubbed Mockingjay can be exploited by attackers to bypass security controls and gain unauthorized access to compromised systems. ” concludes the report.

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AIIM

JULY 15, 2021

There are certain outcomes to be aware of and avoid : Implementation is Half Baked: Maybe security is not thought through. Sensitive Data is Compromised: Without proper security precautions, data can be exposed to the wrong groups or employees, or even shared outside of your organization. Tip #1: Planning is Everything.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2024

Researchers explained that DMPs are present in many Apple CPUs, the researchers demonstrated how to extract keys from OpenSSL Diffie-Hellman, Go RSA, as well as CRYSTALS Kyber and Dilithium. Developers of cryptographic libraries can either set the DOIT bit and DIT bit bits, which disable the DMP on some CPUs.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each pirated application included the following components: Malicious dylib , a library loaded by the application that acts as a dropper. “ Upon executing the FinalShell.dmg application, the dylib library loads the backdoor “bd.log” and the downloader “fl01.log” log” from a remote server.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Findings released this week by ReversingLabs show 87 percent of security and technology professionals view software tampering as a new breach vector of concern, yet only 37 percent say they have a way to detect it across their software supply chain. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 27, 2023

But in addition to vastly improved reasoning and visual capabilities, GPT-4 also retains many of ChatGPT’s security and privacy issues , in some cases even enhancing them. They presented this summary of those exploits — the thumbs up means those capabilities have been enhanced in GPT-4: ChatGPT security issues carried over to GPT-4.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Security researchers at McAfee have discovered 16 malicious clicker apps available in the official Google Play store that were installed more than 20 million times. All 16 Clicker apps reported by McAfee experts have been removed from Google Play, the security firm also shared. out of 5 stars. ” concludes the report.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2023

Upcoming Events We have two upcoming events planned for May 2023: Webinar: How to Uncover and Address Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Libraries GlueCon Read on to learn more about May’s events. While they provide access to pre-built components and tools, they can also introduce security vulnerabilities into your code. PT / 1 p.m.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The Libssh library is affected by a severe flaw that could be exploited by attackers to completely bypass authentication and take over a vulnerable server. ” reads the security advisory. Experts pointed out that GitHub and OpenSSH implementations of the libssh library are not affected by the flaw. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

Cyber Security Specialist Zoziel Pinto Freire shows an example of malicious file analysis presented during his lecture on BSides-Vitória 2022. My objective with this series of articles is to show examples of malicious file analysis that I presented during my lecture on BSides-Vitória 2022. Some files are more used in attacks.

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CILIP

JULY 7, 2023

Going Greener Together Gloucestershire County Council has declared a climate emergency and is encouraging people to adopt a more sustainable and climate-friendly lifestyle, Gloucestershire Libraries’ new Greener Together project complements this wider initiative. Every library has its own collection, and they are all very popular.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Fireblocks Cryptography Research Team findings were presented during the Black Hat USA conference on Wednesday, August 9, and shared at Defcon on Thursday, August 10. Companies leveraging Web3 technology should work closely with security experts with the know-how and resources to stay ahead of and mitigate vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

Upon visiting the website, the victim will notice that it is presented as an online forum directly answering his query. This is a trojanized JavaScript library containing an obfuscated JScript file, which will ultimately execute GOOTLOADER.POWERSHELL. This forum hosted a ZIP archive that contains the malicious.js file inside.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 4, 2024

Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.” The protection, which has rarely been defeated in exploits found to date, is also present in Apple’s M1 and M2 CPUs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, I will present a new and efficient approach to reconciling security vulnerabilities and FIPS 140 security certifications, led by Thales eSecurity in collaboration with NIST/CMVP and FIPS 140 evaluation laboratories. A quick and efficient patch also needs a quick and efficient certification.

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