Mudge, Tox P2P Messenger, 8 Year Old Linux Flaws, Dirty Pipe, & Unix Legends – PSW #753
This week in the Security News: Crypto Miners Using Tox P2P Messenger as Command and Control Server, 8-year-old Linux Kernel flaw DirtyCred is nasty as Dirty Pipe, & Janet Jackson music video given CVE for crashing laptops, & more!
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Larry Pesce
Product Security Research and Analysis Director at Finite State
- 1. Crypto Miners Using Tox P2P Messenger as Command and Control Server
- 2. Russian threat group exploiting Microsoft weaknesses to target US entities, says analyst
- 3. Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies
- 4. Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers
- 5. Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code
Tyler Robinson
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element
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