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Critical netmask networking bug impacts thousands of applications

Popular npm component netmask has a critical networking vulnerability, CVE-2021-28918. netmask is frequently used by hundreds of thousands of applications to parse IPv4 addresses and CIDR blocks or compare them. The component gets over 3 million weekly downloads, and as of today, has scored over 238 million total downloads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-netmask-networking-bug-impacts-thousands-of-applications/
PHP's Git server hacked to add backdoors to PHP source code

In the latest software supply chain attack, the official PHP Git repository was hacked and tampered with. Yesterday, two malicious commits were pushed to the php-src Git repository maintained by the PHP team on their git.php.net server. The threat actors had signed off on these commits as if they were made by known PHP developers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phps-git-server-hacked-to-add-backdoors-to-php-source-code/
Google Chrome for Linux is getting DNS-over-HTTPS, but there's a catch

Google Chrome developers have announced plans to roll out DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) support to Chrome web browser for Linux. DoH has been supported on Google Chrome for other platforms, including Android, since at least 2020. But, there's a catch. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-for-linux-is-getting-dns-over-https-but-theres-a-catch/
Fake jQuery files infect WordPress sites with malware

Researchers have spotted counterfeit versions of the jQuery Migrate plugin injected on dozens of websites which contains obfuscated code to load malware. These files are named jquery-migrate.js & jquery-migrate.min.js and present at the exact locations where JavaScript files are normally present on WordPress sites but are malicious. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-jquery-files-infect-wordpress-sites-with-malware/
CISA gives federal agencies 5 days to find hacked Exchange servers

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to scan their networks again for any signs of compromised on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers and report their findings within five days. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-gives-federal-agencies-5-days-to-find-hacked-exchange-servers/