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Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 11.

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

CISA slammed for role in ‘censorship industrial complex’ as budget faces possible $500M cut
Signal chat app clone used by Signalgate’s Waltz was apparently an insecure mess
JetBrains open-sources Mellum LLM

Phishing attacks are a significant threat to consumers, with cybercriminals constantly evolving their tactics to deceive unsuspecting individuals. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into phishing schemes has made these attacks even more sophisticated and challenging to detect. AI-enabled phishing attacks seriously threaten consumers and their data. The volume of these attacks is staggering with […]

How MCP could add value to MongoDB databases
Knowing when to use AI coding assistants
Bringing DevOps, DevSecOps, and MLOps together

* bsc#1223272 * bsc#1234028 * bsc#1235091 * bsc#1235092 * bsc#1236007

* bsc#1202828 * bsc#1217770 * bsc#1224413 * jsc#PED-11066 * jsc#PED-1174

* bsc#1202828 * bsc#1217770 * bsc#1224413 * jsc#PED-11066 * jsc#PED-1174

Trump promises protection for TikTok, for which he has a ‘warm spot in my heart’
India’s chipmaking ambitions hurt by Zoho’s no-go and Adani unease
Microsoft tries to knife passwords once and for all – at least for consumers
RSA Conf wrap: AI and China on everything, everywhere, all at once
RSAC 2025 wrap-up – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

From the power of collaborative defense to identity security and AI, catch up on the event’s key themes and discussions

Deno 2.3 adds compile improvements, support for local NPM packages
Altman’s eyeball-scanning biometric blockchain orbs officially come to America

ansible 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 introduced a regression in the win_template module. This caused win_template tasks to fail with an error. For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version

Update to 136.0.7103.59 CVE-2025-4096: Heap buffer overflow in HTML CVE-2025-4050: Out of bounds memory access in DevTools CVE-2025-4051: Insufficient data validation in DevTools CVE-2025-4052: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools

April 2025 CPU

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in vips, an fast image processing library designed with efficiency in mind, which may result in denial of service (application crash) if a specially crafted TIFF image file is processed.

Update to 136.0.7103.59 * CVE-2025-4096: Heap buffer overflow in HTML * CVE-2025-4050: Out of bounds memory access in DevTools * CVE-2025-4051: Insufficient data validation in DevTools * CVE-2025-4052: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools

Update to 128.10.0 https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/128.10.0esr/releasenotes/

Update to version 0.24.4. Also contains fixes for RUSTSEC-2025-0006.

Update to version 1.5.0 (for now, without PPS feature enabled due to potential correctness issues in the code). Release notes: https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs/releases/tag/v1.5.0 Also contains the fix for GHSA-v83q-83hj-rw38.

Update pnpm to version 10.9.0 to fix CVE-2024-47829 and nodejs-bash-language- server to version 5.6.0

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5915-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5914-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5913-1

TheWizards APT group uses SLAAC spoofing to perform adversary-in-the-middle attacks

ESET researchers analyzed Spellbinder, a lateral movement tool used to perform adversary-in-the-middle attacks

Disney Slack attack wasn’t Russian protesters, just a Cali dude with malware
Generative AI makes fraud fluent – from phishing lures to fake lovers
AWS changes the pricing of CloudWatch logs in Lambda
Three Brits charged over ‘active shooter threats’ swattings in US, Canada
Amazon launches Nova Premier, its ‘most capable’ AI model yet
Leaderboard illusion: How big tech skewed AI rankings on Chatbot Arena
British govt agents step in as Harrods becomes third mega retailer under cyberattack
Public cloud providers get into the chip market
Experiments in JavaScript: What’s new in reactive design

Update to 1.17.4 Fixes CVE-2025-23359 or GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

Update to 128.10.0 https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/128.10.0esr/releasenotes/

Update to latest upstream (138.0)

Update to 1.17.4 Fixes CVE-2025-23359 or GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information disclosure.

Update to 1.17.4 Fixes CVE-2025-23359 or GHSA-4hmh-pm5p-9j7j

JetBrains AI Assistant panned in JetBrains Marketplace
Dems look to close the barn door after top DOGE dog has bolted

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5911-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5910-1

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5909-1

Healthcare group Ascension discloses second cyberattack on patients’ data
How Amazon red-teamed Alexa+ to keep your kids from ordering 50 pizzas
Redis bets big on an open source return

Several security issues were fixed in micropython.

Chris Krebs loses Global Entry membership amid Trump feud
Data watchdog will leave British Library alone – further probes ‘not worth our time’

The following vulnerability has been discovered in the gorilla/csrf package for Go: Prior to 1.7.3, gorilla/csrf did not validate the Origin header against an allowlist. It executed its validation of the Referer header for

In MIFF image processing in ImageMagick before 7.1.1-44, image depth is mishandled after SetQuantumFormat is used. (CVE-2025-43965) In multispectral MIFF image processing in ImageMagick before 7.1.1-44, packet_size is mishandled (related to the rendering of all channels in an arbitrary order). (CVE-2025-46393)

Multiple vulnerabilties were discovered in u-boot, a boot loader for embedded systems.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in nagvis, a visualization addon for Nagios or Icinga. CVE-2021-33178

Backport proposed fix for CVE-2025-31344 from OpenMandriva.

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5912-1

Ex-NSA cyber-boss: AI will soon be a great exploit coder
Smashing Security podcast #415: Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams

In today’s digital world, passwords have become a necessary part of life. But even though you use them for almost everything you do online, you probably don’t give them the thought they truly deserve. May 1, 2025, is World Password Day, a reminder that passwords are the unsung heroes of cybersecurity, the first line of […]

Ex-CISA chief decries cuts as Trump demands loyalty above all else
Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China
Zoho adds AI capabilities to its low code dev platform
This month in security with Tony Anscombe – April 2025 edition

From the near-demise of MITRE’s CVE program to a report showing that AI outperforms elite red teamers in spearphishing, April 2025 was another whirlwind month in cybersecurity

Meta will offer its Llama AI model as an API too
FBI steps in amid rash of politically charged swattings

H2O could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

PostgreSQL could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted input.

* bsc#1233294 * bsc#1235431 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-50205

Ghost in the shell script: Boffins reckon they can catch bugs before programs run
Four essential ingredients of software development
Catching up with Angular 19

* bsc#1239909 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-2588

Cloud doesn’t mean secure: How Intruder finds what others miss
Apiiro launches AI-powered risk analysis map for software
GCC 15 compilers arrive with Rust, C, C++, and Cobol enhancements

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-5908-1

Watch out for any Linux malware sneakily evading syscall-watching antivirus

Several security issues were fixed in Mistral.

Several security issues were fixed in Mistral.

Apache Tomcat could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Apache Tomcat could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

How safe and secure is your iPhone really?

Your iPhone isn’t necessarily as invulnerable to security threats as you may think. Here are the key dangers to watch out for and how to harden your device against bad actors.

Enterprise tech dominates zero-day exploits with no signs of slowdown
China now America’s number one cyber threat – US must get up to speed
The AI Fix #48: AI Jesus, and is the AI Singularity almost upon us?
Infosec pros tell Trump to quit bullying Chris Krebs – it’s undermining security