Security Leftovers
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An Average IT Org
Supply chain attacks are a known issue, and also lately there was a discussion around the relevance of reproducible builds. Looking in comparison at an average IT org doing something with the internet, I believe the pressing problem is neither supply chain attacks nor a lack of reproducible builds. The real problem is the amount of prefabricated binaries supplied by someone else, created in an unknown build environment with unknown tools, the average IT org requires to do anything.
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Yes some of that is even non-free and might contain spyw^telemetry.
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In the end the binary supply is like a drug for the user, and somehow the Debian project is also just another dealer / middle man in this setup. There are probably a lot of open questions to think about in that context.
Are we the better dealer because we care about signed sources we retrieve from upstream and because we engage in reproducible build projects?
Are our own means of distributing binaries any better than a binary download from github via https with a manual checksum verification, or the Debian repo at download.docker.com?
Is the approach of the BSD/Gentoo ports, where you have to compile at least some software from source, the better one?
Do I really want to know how some of the software is actually build?
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NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security
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Critical vulnerabilities in Quiz And Survey Master WordPress Plugin
Quiz and Survey Master is a WordPress plugin for creating quizzes and surveys easily on WordPress sites. It is installed on over 30,000+ websites.
Recently WordFence‘s Chloe Chamberland discovered two critical vulnerabilities in Quiz and Survey Master plugin version 7.0.
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Pros & Cons of WordPress Plugins Auto-updates
WordPress has released a major update yesterday with some big changes. One of the features is the ability to apply all the plugins and themes updates automatically.
Earlier plugins updates could be automatically applied with the help of additional plugins. One popular plugin is Jetpack that can apply available updates automatically. Now WordPress 5.5 core supports auto-updates out of the box.
In this article, we will discuss the auto-update feature of WordPress. For many websites, this feature can be a lifesaver but for some, there may involve some risks.
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