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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: A simple to use Java 8 JWT Library

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    Source URL: https://github.com/FusionAuth/fusionauth-jwt Source: Hacker News Title: A simple to use Java 8 JWT Library Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text offers a comprehensive overview of the FusionAuth JWT library, emphasizing its security features, encryption capabilities, and functionalities for JSON Web Token (JWT) signing and verification. It is particularly…

  • 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…

  • ISC2 Think Tank: From Impersonation to MFA Bypass: Tackling Today’s Most Sophisticated, Novel Phishing Threats

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    Source URL: https://www.isc2.org/professional-development/webinars/thinktank?commid=630141 Source: ISC2 Think Tank Title: From Impersonation to MFA Bypass: Tackling Today’s Most Sophisticated, Novel Phishing Threats Feedly Summary: As phishing attacks grow more advanced, even major tech companies have suffered losses exceeding $100 million from sophisticated email scams. With these threats evolving, messaging and collaboration tools are becoming particularly vulnerable, demanding…

  • Alerts: Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance

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    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/13/palo-alto-networks-emphasizes-hardening-guidance Source: Alerts Title: Palo Alto Networks Emphasizes Hardening Guidance Feedly Summary: Palo Alto Networks (PAN) has released an important informational bulletin on securing management interfaces after becoming aware of claims of an unverified remote code execution vulnerability via the PAN-OS management interface. CISA urges users and administrators to review the following for…

  • The Register: Ransomware fiends boast they’ve stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/embargo_ransomware_breach_aap/ Source: The Register Title: Ransomware fiends boast they’ve stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network Feedly Summary: American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) is the latest US healthcare organization to have had its data stolen and encrypted by cyber-crooks, it is feared.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • CSA: The New NIST Password Guidelines & Cloud Security

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/what-do-the-new-nist-password-guidelines-mean-for-cloud-security Source: CSA Title: The New NIST Password Guidelines & Cloud Security Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an insightful overview of the evolution and modern challenges of password security, particularly in the context of cloud computing. The updates from NIST suggest a significant shift in password policy,…

  • Cloud Blog: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybersecurity-forecast-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Emerging Threats: Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 Feedly Summary: Every November, we start sharing forward-looking insights on threats and other cybersecurity topics to help organizations and defenders prepare for the year ahead. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2025 report, available today, plays a big role in helping us accomplish this mission. This…