Security Leftovers
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Critical Magento bug used in fresh round of attacks
Improper input validation vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10
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ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware family becoming more dangerous
The developer or developers behind the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) family known variously as ALPHV, BlackCat and Noberus, have been hard at work refining their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and today are probably more dangerous than ever before, according to intelligence from Symantec.
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15-year-old Python vulnerability poses supply chain threat [Ed: Misleading: not many projects are affected by this as they don't collect and process random compressed files from hostile sources]
Trellix researchers issued a call for help to patch a vulnerable software module, which was found in more than 300,000 open source GitHub repositories.
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IT pros pan government software supply chain security advice
As the prospect of federally mandated SBOM drives up usage of the software supply chain security tech, the government's documentation so far adds to risky confusion, experts say.
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New ’Wolfi' Linux Distro Focuses on Software Supply Chain Security | SecurityWeek.Com
Chainguard this week announced Wolfi, a stripped-down Linux OS distribution designed to improve the security of the software supply chain.
Available on GitHub, the community Linux distribution was created specifically for use with containers and cloud-native applications, and supports Chainguard images, the firm’s collection of curated distroless images.
Wolfi (named after star-sucker pygmy octopus, the smallest known octopus), relies on the environment’s kernel (instead of having its own) to be widely adaptable, and brings support for both glibc and musl.
According to the software supply chain security firm, Wolfi delivers build-time software bills of material (SBOM) for all packages, has a declarative and reproducible build system, and uses the apk package format. With Wolfi, packages are granular and independent, offering support for minimal images.
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Sony Reintroduced a PS4 Bug on PS5 Which Could Have Led to a Jailbreak [Ed: GNU/Linux on PS5?]
Hackers could have jailbroken the PlayStation 5 thanks to a bug that was already discovered and patched on the PlayStation 4 in 2021, but then reappeared on the new console.
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Researchers unearth hacking group that’s been active, yet undetected for years - CyberScoop
During a recent investigation of a series of cyber intrusions into an unnamed high-value target, threat intelligence researchers with SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs team discovered nearly 10 hacking groups associated with China and Iran.
This isn’t necessarily new when dealing with significant targets, sometimes referred to as a “magnet of threats” in cybersecurity, as they attract and host multiple hacking efforts simultaneously. But among the cohabitating groups, researchers unearthed a previously unknown group that seems to be operating in alignment with nation-state interests and perhaps as part of a high-end contractor arrangement.