Security Leftovers
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Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (mosquitto and php7.0), Fedora (python-django-filter and qt), Mageia (fossil, opencryptoki, and qtbase5), openSUSE (apache2, busybox, dnsmasq, ffmpeg, pcre, and wireguard-tools), Red Hat (kpatch-patch), SUSE (apache2, busybox, dnsmasq, ffmpeg, java-11-openjdk, libvirt, open-lldp, pcre, python, qemu, util-linux, and wireguard-tools), and Ubuntu (apport and libslirp).
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Linux Foundation: confidential computing market to reach $54 billion in 2026 [Ed: ZDNet writing more Linux Foundation 'spam' today. They're paid to do this. They paint surveillance as "security" and "confidential".]
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Kali Linux Wordlist: What you need to know
wordlist can be referred to as a password dictionary since it is a collection of passwords stored as plain text. Kali Linux is the most advanced penetration testing distribution. It is primarily designed for penetration testing and digital forensics hence funded and maintained by Offensive Security.
Most Kali Linux wordlists can be downloaded online, including those provided in this article. In addition, there are a collection of common and uncommon passwords that are still or were once used by real people. Remember, you can also create your wordlist if you prefer to or stick to the ones already compiled. Wordlists are derived from data breaches such as circumstances where the company gets hacked. Data stolen from the hacked companies are leaked on websites such as Pastebin or sold on the dark web.
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FBI Releases Indicators of Compromise Associated with Ranzy Locker Ransomware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a Flash report detailing indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with attacks using Ranzy Locker, a ransomware variant first identified targeting victims in the United States in late 2020.
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Warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer raided by FBI
US feds were spotted raiding a warehouse belonging to Chinese payment terminal manufacturer PAX Technology in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday, with speculation abounding that the machines contained preinstalled malware.
PAX Technology is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and is one of the largest electronic payment providers in the world. It operates around 60 million point-of-sale (PoS) payment terminals in more than 120 countries.
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Tired of spam? A burner email account could be the answer.
Have you ever been in that situation where you need to give your email address over, but you don’t want to? There could be a security reason. Can you trust who you’re sharing with not to spam your inbox? Are you certain they won’t expose you to data breaches due to lax security on their part? Can you protect your email from being sold in lists, used for ad tracking and targeting or even be uploaded to platforms like Facebook to track and target you there? Or it could be a case of inbox fatigue. Or maybe you just don’t want your email associated with some entities and in their database? Enter the burner email account.
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Confidential computing market to reach $54 billion says Linux Foundation [Ed: An example of LF spam pushing surveillance in "confidential" clothing]