Security: Updates, YubiKey, systemd
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Security updates for Thursday
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A YubiKey for iOS Will Soon Free Your iPhone From Passwords
The upshot: Yubico has received MFi certification, meaning Apple will officially support it as a hardware partner. To that end, the company will finally be able to make a YubiKey that fits into the iPhone and iPad’s proprietary Lightning port, giving those devices the seamless security that already works so well on PCs. On the opposite side, it will offer a USB-C connector for MacBooks.
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Stack clashing systemd aka “System Down”
Qualys yesterday has published new security issues found in systemd-journald called “System Down”, where dynamic stack allocations could be used to cause a “Stack Clash” vulnerability, and so escalate privileges of local attackers to root.
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A set of systemd-journald exploits
Qualys has sent out a security advisory describing three stack-overrun vulnerabilities in systemd-journald.
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