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Why Zero-Day Attacks on Open-Source Libraries Are Surging

Data Breach Today

Contrast Security CPO Steve Wilson on Why Log4j Hack Is a Sign of Things to Come The discovery and subsequent exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Apache's Log4j open-source library has highlighted the importance of code security in today's threat landscape, according to Contrast Security Chief Product Officer Steve Wilson.

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Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack

Security Affairs

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.

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Google OAuth client library flaw allowed to deploy of malicious payloads

Security Affairs

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.

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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. The experts analyzed over 85,000 applications and related imported libraries, accounting for over 351,000 unique external libraries.

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Researchers disclosed a remote code execution flaw in Fastjson Library

Security Affairs

Researchers disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-25845, in the popular Fastjson library. Fastjson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Fastjson library).

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Malicious npm library removed from the repository due to backdoor capabilities

Security Affairs

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.

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Google Researcher Details Windows Cryptographic Library Bug

Data Breach Today

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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Insider Attack on the Carnegie Library

Schneier on Security

Greg Priore, the person in charge of the rare book room at the Carnegie Library, stole from it for almost two decades before getting caught. It's a perennial problem: trusted insiders have to be trusted. insiders theft

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Mozilla fixes critical flaw in Network Security Services (NSS) cryptography library

Security Affairs

Mozilla fixed a critical memory corruption issue affecting its cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries. Applications using NSS can support SSL v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards.

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Experts monitor ongoing attacks using exploits for Log4j library flaws

Security Affairs

Researchers from DrWeb monitored attacks leveraging exploits for vulnerabilities in the Apache Log4j library. You need to closely watch the release of software updates that use the Log4j 2 library and install them as soon as possible.”

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Malware attack took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library

Security Affairs

System supporting libraries in Volusia County were hit by a cyber attack, the incident took down 600 computers at Volusia County Public Library (VCPL) branches. ” As a result of the incident, the computers at the library were not able to surf the web.

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Drupal fixed a new flaw related PEAR Archive_Tar library

Security Affairs

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.

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Remote code execution bug discovered in the popular JsonWebToken library

Security Affairs

The open-source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw that could lead to remote code execution. This is also true for the implementation of sensitive security mechanisms such as JWTs, which play a huge role in authentication and authorization processes.”

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Popular open-source PJSIP library is affected by critical flaws

Security Affairs

Researchers from JFrog’s Security Research team discovered five vulnerabilities in the PJSIP open-source multimedia communication library. PJSIP is a communication library written in C language implementing standard-based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE.

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A DNS flaw impacts a library used by millions of IoT devices

Security Affairs

A vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS) component of the uClibc library impacts millions of IoT products. The uClibc library is used by major vendors, including Linksys, Netgear, and Axis, or Linux distributions such as Embedded Gentoo.

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Text4Shell, a remote code execution bug in Apache Commons Text library

Security Affairs

Researcher discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in the open-source Apache Commons Text library. GitHub’s threat analyst Alvaro Munoz discovered a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-42889, in the open-source Apache Commons Text library.

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£135,000 funding for Anti-racist library collections in Wales

CILIP

£135,000 funding for Anti-racist library collections in Wales. CILIP Cymru Wales on behalf of CILIP has just secured £135,000 funding from the Welsh Government. It will also work with Libraries Connected to dovetail projects on library collections and anti-racism and diversity.

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Unpatched Python Library Affects More Than 300,000 Open Source Projects

eSecurity Planet

Trellix security researchers have revealed a major vulnerability in the Python tarfile library that could be exploited in software supply chain attacks. See the Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools.

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A zero-day exploit for Log4j Java library could have a tsunami impact on IT giants

Security Affairs

Experts publicly disclose Proof-of-concept exploits for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Log4j Java-based logging library. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers from the Alibaba Cloud’s security team that notified the Apache Fondation on November 24.

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jQuery JavaScript library flaw opens the doors for attacks on hundreds of millions of websites

Security Affairs

The popular jQuery JavaScript library is affected by a rare prototype pollution vulnerability that could allow attackers to modify a JavaScript object’s prototype. The impact of the issue could be severe considering that the jQuery JavaScript library is currently used on 74 percent of websites online, most sites still use the 1.x versions of the library that are affected by the ‘Prototype Pollution’ vulnerability. SecurityAffairs – hacking, jQuery JavaScript library ).

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Google discloses a severe flaw in widely used Libgcrypt encryption library

Security Affairs

Google discovered a flaw in GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)’s Libgcrypt encryption library that could be exploited to get remote code execution. It’s also the crypto library used by systemd for DNSSEC.

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CVE-2021-44228: Critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j library

Pwnie Express

CVE-2021-44228: Critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j library. Full-Stack Security. 13.Dec.2021. Florian Barre. Mon, 12/13/2021 - 05:57. Teaser.

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Experts disclosed a 22-year-old bug in popular SQLite Database library

Security Affairs

A high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-35737, has been disclosed in the SQLite database library. The post Experts disclosed a 22-year-old bug in popular SQLite Database library appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Preserving Our Libraries’ Digital Collections is Simple, Powerful, and Affordable

Preservica

Academic libraries are in the midst of rapid, widespread changes as it shifts into the digital age. Our libraries have been a steady flame for patrons to depend on, not just throughout the pandemic, but throughout history. Practical digital preservation training for libraries.

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npm libraries coa and rc. have been hijacked to deliver password-stealing malware

Security Affairs

Two popular npm libraries, coa and rc. The security team of the npm JavaScript package warns that two popular npm libraries, coa and rc. Two npm libraries that have a total of 23 million weekly downloads, a data that is worrisome. The post npm libraries coa and rc.

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Cisco Talos discovered 2 critical flaws in the popular OpenCV library

Security Affairs

Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two buffer overflow flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Maintainers of the OpenCV library addressed two high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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Libraries, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis

CILIP

Libraries, inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. As economists predict a period of high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, Paul Howarth, Head of Content & Resource Development at Suffolk Libraries, discusses some the problems and solutions for public library services.

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Shh! No Hacking the Census in the Library

WIRED Threat Level

Opinion: Millions of folks filling out the 2020 Census on public library computers also are putting themselves at risk. Security Opinion Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

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It's High Time for a Security Scoring System for Applications and Open Source Libraries

Dark Reading

A benchmarking system would help buyers choose more secure software products and, more importantly, light a fire underneath software producers to make products secure

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A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries

Security Affairs

Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have removed 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries that contained a backdoor. Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have discovered a backdoor mechanism in 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries. The backdoor was used by attackers to inject mining code in Ruby projects using the malicious versions of the libraries. The post A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Independent Review of Public Library Financing Panel announcement

CILIP

Independent Review of Public Library Financing Panel announcement. CILIP is delighted to announce the expert members of the recently established Independent Review of Public Library Financing Panel. In recent years, libraries have found their creative identity ? Public librarie

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Back-to-School Scams Target Students with Library-Themed Emails

Threatpost

Web Security back to school credential harvesting education cyberattack fake login pages library portals malware MediaGet torrent application downloader Phishing scam Scams student students university portals Win32.Agent.ifdx malware downloader WinLNK.Agent.gen downloaderStudents should keep their eyes peeled for phishing emails purporting to be from their colleges, as well as online student resources laced with malware, researchers warn.

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Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework Bugs Plague WordPress Sites

Threatpost

Vulnerabilities Web SecurityTwo vulnerabilities in the site-building plugin could be useful tools in the hands of a skilled attacker, researchers warned.

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Backdoor mechanism found in Ruby strong_password library

Security Affairs

The developer Tute Costa found a backdoor in the Ruby library during regular security audits before deploying his code in the production environment. The developer Tute Costa found a backdoor in the Ruby library during regular security audits. The dangerous code was used to check the password strength of user-chosen passwords when the library was being used in a production environment. The attacker created a new version of the library (version 0.0.7

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Prototype Pollution flaw discovered in all versions of Lodash Library

Security Affairs

Liran Tal, a developer advocate at open-source security platform Snyk, discovered a high-severity prototype pollution security flaw that affects all versions of lodash. Lodash is a JavaScript library which provides utility functions for common programming tasks using the functional programming paradigm. The flaw could be exploited by hackers to compromise the security of affected services using the library. “The popular npm library is used by 4.35

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Two malicious Python libraries were stealing SSH and GPG keys

Security Affairs

The Python security team removed two trojanized Python libraries from PyPI (Python Package Index) that were stealing SSH and GPG keys from the projects of infected developers. The expert discovered the two libraries on December 1, by the German software developer Lukas Martini.

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SUPERNOVA, a Backdoor Found While Investigating SolarWinds Hack

Security Affairs

While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. The post SUPERNOVA, a backdoor found while investigating SolarWinds hack appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Vendors Issue Security Advisories for OpenSSL Flaws

Data Breach Today

and Below Are Affected by the Vulnerabilities Several companies that use the OpenSSL cryptography library toolkit are reportedly scrambling and releasing security advisories to their users following patching of two vulnerabilities that were first fixed and disclosed to users on Aug.

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Magecart Returns with Advertising Library Tactic

Threatpost

Malware Web Security adverline Advertising Card skimming group 12 Library magecart third party javascriptThe threat group also has a new subsidiary, Magecart Group 12.

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Public Libraries as part of the HM Government ?roadmap? for COVID-19 Recovery

CILIP

Public Libraries as part of the HM Government ?roadmap? CILIP welcomes the recognition of libraries as essential services and library staff as ?key s pandemic response, demonstrating the vital role public libraries have to play in our national recovery. COVID-secure?