A week in security (September 12 – 18)

Categories: News

Tags: North Face

Tags: Uber

Tags: Edge

Tags: MDR

Tags: MSP

Tags: Seasaw

Tags: fuzzing

Tags: iOS 16

Tags: WPGateway

Tags: Steam

Tags: Pixel

Tags: zero-days

Tags: passkey

Tags: Facebook

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Explained: Fuzzing for security

Categories: Explained

Categories: News

Tags: Fuzzing

Tags: fuzz testing

Tags: memory leaks

Tags: runtime errors

Tags: race conditions

Tags: control flow error

Tags: memory allocation

Tags: buffer overflow

Fuzzing is an automated software testing method that uses a wide range of invalid and unexpected data as input to find flaws.

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GitHub launches Security Lab to boost open source security

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:24:32 +0000

The idea is simple – create a global platform for reporting and fixing vulnerabilities in open source projects before they do damage.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pPayEpWTksQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Linux users warned to update libarchive to beat flaw

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:16:51 +0000

The bug is identified as CVE-2019-18408, a high-priority ‘use-after-free’ bug when dealing with a failed archive.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/r2L9Nrq5wnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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