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CVE-2023-41064, CVE-2023-4863, CVE-2023-5129: Frequently Asked Questions for ImageIO and WebP/libwebp Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Tenable

On September 7, researchers at Citizen Lab published a blog post detailing their discovery of an iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit chain in Apple iOS used to deploy a spyware known as Pegasus. It is a part of Apple operating systems from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, and watchOS. What is WebP or libwebp?

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Hidden inside Dark Caracal’s espionage apps: Old tech

The Parallax

The hackers hid Trojan malware in legitimate-looking and functioning apps for devices running Google’s Android operating system, promoting their third-party app marketplace installation via links on Facebook and other social platforms. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp. .

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There’s a new technique for protecting natural language systems from attack by misinformation and malware bots: using honeypots to capture attackers’ key phrases proactively, and incorporate defenses into the training process. The National Institute of Standards (NIST) tests systems for identifying airline passengers for flight boarding.

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Breaking Down the NASCIO Top 10 for 2023

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks enables you to keep your legacy systems secure while you plan and complete migrations. Cortex XDR protects legacy Windows, Windows Server, MacOS and Linux systems. It is specifically designed to identify infected devices and block known exploits, malware, malicious URLs and spyware in 5G environments.

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Operating System Characteristics (Features)

The Crazy Programmer

The operating system is the software that enables an ideal environment for all these application software to work effectively. And without using an operating system, it is not possible to use smartphone devices to computer devices efficiently. What is an Operating System? Operating System Characteristics. Image Source.

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Simplicity and Security

Code Simplicity

That’s accomplished by making the overall system relatively simple, or breaking it down into very simple and totally separate component parts. All of this explains, for example, why Windows is fundamentally flawed and will never be secure, and why UNIX-based systems have a better reputation for security. It’s like a joke.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Regardless of where a company is based, to avoid legal problems later, it’s a good idea to build AI and other data-based systems that observe the EU’s data laws. Microsoft also provides tools and resources to help developers build responsible AI systems. Lost passwords are an important attack vector for industrial systems.