Security Leftovers
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LWN ☛ Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cups-filters, net-snmp, and osbuild-composer), Debian (booth, cups, cups-filters, python-asyncssh, ruby-httparty, ruby-loofah, ruby-rails-html-sanitizer, tryton-server, unbound, and wireshark), Fedora (chromium, cjson, cups, cups-browsed, libcupsfilters, and libppd), Gentoo (Apache HTTPD, Docker, HashiCorp Consul, IcedTea, nginx, tmux, and yt-dlp), Mageia (java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-17-openjdk, & java-latest-openjdk and libreoffice), Red Hat (git-lfs, grafana, and osbuild-composer), and SUSE (chromedriver, chromium, coredns, json-java-20240303, kernel, libmozjs-128-0, maven-archetype, python3, python312, and quagga).
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Scoop News Group ☛ NSO Group indicates rare agreement with Fashion Company Apple over dismissal of lawsuit
The leading maker of spyware offered somewhat different explanations about wanting to see Apple’s lawsuit disappear.
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SANS ☛ Tool update: mac-robber.py and le-hex-to-ip.py, (Mon, Sep 30th)
One of the problems I&#;x26;#;39;ve had since I originally wrote
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Krebs On Security ☛ Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi
A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012.
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Pen Test Partners ☛ How can you protect your data, privacy, and finances if your phone gets lost or stolen?
Steps to take when your device is lost or stolen TL;DR This is a guide to help prepare for a situation where your mobile device is lost or stolen [...]