Security: Windows Zeo-Day, Cryptography, Updates, Reproducible Builds, Vendor Bans, AT& and More
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Windows 0-day is exploited to install creepy Finspy malware (again)
On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a previously unknown vulnerability that researchers say was actively exploited by an undisclosed nation to install surveillance malware on one or more vulnerable computers.
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Quantum Computing Poses Risks to Cryptography and Bitcoin
One of the key reasons why computers were created in the first place was to help create and crack cryptography, according to Konstantinos Karagiannis, Chief Technology Officer for Security Consulting at BT Americas.
Today it is the race to crack modern cryptography that is driving quantum computing research and development, Karagiannis asserted in a session at the Open Source Summit in Los Angeles.
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Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E28 – Momentous Sparkling Jellyfish
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Security updates for Wednesday
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Security updates for Thursday
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Security updates for Friday
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Which packages on my system are reproducible?
Whether a package is "reproducible" or not is determined by querying the Debian Reproducible Builds testing framework.
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Reproducible Builds: Weekly report #124
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[Ubuntu] Security Team Weekly Summary: September 14, 2017
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Trump blocks Chinese purchase of US chipmaker over national security
President Trump has blocked an investment firm owned by the Chinese government from acquiring Lattice Semiconductor, a maker of field-programmable gate arrays and other programmable logic devices. The decision follows a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a US government body that reviews deals for potential national security problems.
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Kaspersky software banned from US government agencies
The Department of Homeland security ordered government agencies to stop using any software products made by Kaspersky Lab today. Officials cited concern about possible ties between Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence.
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0-Day Vulnerability Exposes Thousands Of AT&T Broadband Customers To Attack
AT&T and hardware manufacturer Arris are being accused of leaving millions of broadband subscribers open to attack. A new report by security researcher Joseph Hutchins highlights how five flaws were discovered in Arris routers used by AT&T and numerous other ISPs around the world. Hutchins notes that some of the flaws may have been introduced after they were delivered to AT&T, since ISPs traditionally modify hardware for use on their network post sale.
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Network isolation using NetVMs and VPN in Qubes
The network hardware is attached to a special domain called sys-net. This is the only domain which directly talks to the outside network. Then a domain named sys-firewall connects to sys-net and all other VMs use sys-firewall to access the outside network. These kinds of special domains are also known as NetVM as they can provide network access to other VMs.
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Malicious apps with >1 million downloads slip past Google defenses twice
Researchers recently found at least 50 apps in the official Google Play market that made charges for fee-based services without the knowledge or permission of users. The apps were downloaded as many as 4.2 million times. Google quickly removed the apps after the researchers reported them, but within days, apps from the same malicious family were back and infected more than 5,000 devices.
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Malicious software libraries found in PyPI
An advisory from the National Security Authority of Slovakia warns that they have found fake packages in PyPI, posing as well known libraries.
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