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Gonçalo Valério
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Full-stack developer with special interest in cybersecurity. Advocate of a free and safe Internet. Nature admirer and sports enthusiast.

"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again

https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet

#privacy #firefox #browsers #web

“Extracting wisdom” from conference videos

https://blog.ovalerio.net/archives/2900

#ai #ollama #fabric

"The JFrog Security Research team has recently discovered and reported a leaked access token with administrator access to Python’s, PyPI’s and Python Software Foundation’s GitHub repositories, which was leaked in a public Docker container hosted on Docker Hub."

https://jfrog.com/blog/leaked-pypi-secret-token-revealed-in-binary-preventing-suppy-chain-attack/

#security #infosec #netsec #supplychain #python #pypi

"Django security releases issued: 5.0.7 and 4.2.14"

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/

* CVE-2024-38875 [moderate]: Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.html.urlize

* CVE-2024-39329 [low]: Username enumeration through timing difference for users with unusable passwords

* CVE-2024-39330 [low]: Potential directory-traversal in django.core.files.storage.Storage.save

* CVE-2024-39614 [moderate]: Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant

#security #django

"Reverse Engineering TicketMaster's Rotating Barcodes"

https://conduition.io/coding/ticketmaster/

"Universal Code Execution by Chaining Messages in Browser Extensions"

https://spaceraccoon.dev/universal-code-execution-browser-extensions/

#security #browsers #browserextensions #web #chrome

"...discovered a vulnerability (a signal handler race condition) in

OpenSSH's server (sshd): if a client does not authenticate within

LoginGraceTime seconds (120 by default, 600 in old OpenSSH versions)"

"This vulnerability is exploitable remotely on glibc-based Linux systems, ... an unauthenticated remote code execution as root,

because it affects sshd's privileged code, which is not sandboxed and

runs with full privileges."

https://www.qualys.com/2024/07/01/cve-2024-6387/regresshion.txt

#security #netsec #linux #ssh

"tldr: There’s a security vulnerability (CVE-2024-27867) in the firmware of Apple AirPods. Anyone who knows the Bluetooth MAC address (which is somewhat public) can connect to your AirPods and listen to the microphone or play music."

https://blogs.gnome.org/jdressler/2024/06/26/do-a-firmware-update-for-your-airpods-now/

#security #apple #airpods

"Ways to have an atomic counter in Django"

https://blog.ovalerio.net/archives/2924

#python #django

"...recently published packages to identify any that reference polyfill[.]io in any capacity."

https://blog.phylum.io/a-note-about-polyfill/

#security #web #javascript

"Simple ways to find exposed sensitive information"

https://www.trickster.dev/post/simple-ways-to-find-exposed-sensitive-information/

#security #web #infosec

"Two bluetooth vulnerabilities in Windows"

https://ynwarcs.github.io/z-btadv-cves

(2023)

#security #cybersecurity #bluetooth #windows

"EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control"

https://stackdiary.com/eu-council-has-withdrawn-the-vote-on-chat-control/

However,

"In July, the Council Presidency will transfer from Belgium to Hungary, which has stated its intention to advance negotiations on chat control as part of its work program."

Another round is coming.

#eu #europeanunion #chatcontrol

"Building to Prevent Subdomain Takeovers"

https://ramimac.me/subdomain-takeovers

#security #netsec #infosec #cybersecurity