Gonçalo Valério @dethos@s.ovalerio.net

"Urgent security issue in NGINX/php-fpm"

https://nextcloud.com/blog/urgent-security-issue-in-nginx-php-fpm/

PHP issue: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78599

#security #php #nextcloud #netsec #infosec

XXE to RCE in XML plugins for VS Code, Eclipse and other software based on LSP4XML.

https://www.shielder.it/blog/dont-open-that-xml-xxe-to-rce-in-xml-plugins-for-vs-code-eclipse-theia/

#security #infosec #xml #vscode

https://twitter.com/0xInfection/status/1148267196306427904

Be careful with those blacklists.

#security #infosec #networks

https://darkport.co.uk/blog/ahh-shhgit!/

:thumbsup: tldr: Do not commit secrets to your code repo. There are some tools available to help detect and avoid when it happens accidentally.

#security

"Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone"

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50080586

"biometrics" 🤷‍♂️

#security

> When sudo is configured to allow a user to run commands as an arbitrary user via the ALL keyword in a Runas specification, it is possible to run commands as root by specifying the user ID -1 or 4294967295.

https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/minus_1_uid.html

#security #sudo #infosec

"Projects vs Tasks"

https://seths.blog/2019/10/projects-vs-tasks/

Several years too late, but built in PGP support is coming to Thunderbird.

https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/10/thunderbird-enigmail-and-openpgp/

Security theater and security superstition

https://seths.blog/2019/10/security-superstition/

#security

"There *was* a logic error in Signal that can cause an incoming call to be answered even if the callee does not pick it up."

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1943

#security #infosec

"In summary, usage of the package key to rename dependencies in Cargo.toml is ignored in Rust 1.25.0 and prior. When Rust 1.25.0 and prior is used Cargo will ignore package and download the wrong dependency"

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2019/09/30/Security-advisory-for-cargo.html

#rust #security

Disclosure of a Lightning network bug/vulnerability (already fixed in recent versions):

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.html

#security #bitcoin #lightning

"Software Security Field Guide for the Bewildered"

https://zwischenzugs.com/2019/09/22/software-security-field-guide-for-the-bewildered/

#security

Simple explanations of how websites can track user activity:

* https://kevq.uk/how-online-tracking-works
* https://kevq.uk/how-browser-fingerprinting-works

#privacy

Tool to search for security weaknesses in your Kubernetes clusters.

https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-hunter

#security #kubernetes #netsec