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  • Hacker News: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

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    Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…

  • Hacker News: Go-Safeweb

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    Source URL: https://github.com/google/go-safeweb Source: Hacker News Title: Go-Safeweb Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of a set of secure-by-default libraries for creating HTTP servers in Go. It emphasizes the need to eliminate common security vulnerabilities through careful API design, offering insights into how these libraries can help…

  • The Register: ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/shrinklocker_ransomware_decryptor/ Source: The Register Title: ShrinkLocker ransomware scrambled your files? Free decryption tool to the rescue Feedly Summary: Plus: CISA’s ScubaGear dives deep to fix M365 misconfigs Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool that can unlock data encrypted by the ShrinkLocker ransomware.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bitdefender has introduced a…

  • Hacker News: The Beginner’s Guide to Visual Prompt Injections

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    Source URL: https://www.lakera.ai/blog/visual-prompt-injections Source: Hacker News Title: The Beginner’s Guide to Visual Prompt Injections Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses security vulnerabilities inherent in Large Language Models (LLMs), particularly focusing on visual prompt injections. As the reliance on models like GPT-4 increases for various tasks, concerns regarding the potential…

  • The Register: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/november_patch_tuesday/ Source: The Register Title: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches Feedly Summary: Don’t be a turkey – get these fixed Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday has swung around again, and Microsoft has released fixes for 89 CVE-listed security flaws in its products – including two under active attack…

  • Krebs on Security: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2024 Edition

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    Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/microsoft-patch-tuesday-november-2024-edition/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2024 Edition Feedly Summary: Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 89 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. November’s patch batch includes fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited by attackers, as well as two…

  • The Register: Here’s what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/snowflake_hackers_indictment/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what we know about the suspected Snowflake data extortionists Feedly Summary: A Canadian and an American living in Turkey ‘walk into’ cloud storage environments… Two men allegedly compromised what’s believed to be multiple organizations’ Snowflake-hosted cloud environments, stole sensitive data within, and extorted at least $2.5 million…

  • Alerts: Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/fortinet-releases-security-updates-multiple-products Source: Alerts Title: Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products Feedly Summary: Fortinet has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products, including FortiOS. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories…

  • Alerts: CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Release Joint Advisory on 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/12/cisa-fbi-nsa-and-international-partners-release-joint-advisory-2023-top-routinely-exploited Source: Alerts Title: CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Release Joint Advisory on 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and international partners released joint Cybersecurity Advisory, 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities. This advisory…

  • The Register: To kill memory safety bugs in C code, try the TrapC fork

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/trapc_memory_safe_fork/ Source: The Register Title: To kill memory safety bugs in C code, try the TrapC fork Feedly Summary: Memory-safe variant is planned for next year Exclusive C and C++ programmers may not need to learn Rust after all to participate in the push for memory safety.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…