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NSA warns of wildcard certificate risks, provides mitigations

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is warning of the dangers stemming from the use of broadly-scoped certificates to authenticate multiple servers in an organization. These include a recently disclosed ALPACA technique that could be used for various traffic redirect attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nsa-warns-of-wildcard-certificate-risks-provides-mitigations/
Photo editor Android app STILL sitting on Google Play store is malware

An Android app sitting on the Google Play store touts itself to be a photo editor app. But, it contains code that steals the user's Facebook credentials to potentially run ad campaigns on the user's behalf, with their payment information. The app has scored over 5K installs, with similar spyware apps having 500K+ installs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/photo-editor-android-app-still-sitting-on-google-play-store-is-malware/
PyPI removes 'mitmproxy2' over code execution concerns

The PyPI repository has removed a Python package called 'mitmproxy2' that was an identical copy of the official "mitmproxy" library, but with an "artificially introduced" code execution vulnerability. The 'mitmproxy' Python package is a free and open-source interactive HTTPS proxy [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pypi-removes-mitmproxy2-over-code-execution-concerns/
Russia and China left out of global anti-ransomware meetings

The White House National Security Council facilitates virtual meetings this week with senior officials and ministers from more than 30 countries in a virtual international counter-ransomware event to rally allies in the fight against the ransomware threat. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-and-china-left-out-of-global-anti-ransomware-meetings/