Per-Element Secure Aggregation against Data Reconstruction Attacks in Federated Learning

Federated learning FL enables collaborative model training without sharing raw data, but individual model updates may still leak sensitive information. Secure aggregation SecAgg mitigates this risk by allowing the server to access only the sum of client updates, thereby concealing individual...

PT-2025-30981 · Crates.Io · Slice-Deque +1

The crate slice-ring-buffer was developed as a fork of slice-deque to continue maintenance and provide security patches, since the latter has been officially unmaintained RUSTSEC-2020-0158. While slice-ring-buffer has addressed some previously reported memory safety issues inherited from its fork...

GitHub Advisory Database by the numbers: Known security vulnerabilities and what you can do about them

The GitHub Advisory Database Advisory DB is a vital resource for developers, providing a comprehensive list of known security vulnerabilities and malware affecting open source packages. This post analyzes trends in the Advisory DB, highlighting the growth in reviewed advisories, ecosystem coverag...

PT-2025-29533 · Crates.Io · Slice-Ring-Buffer

The crate slice-ring-buffer was developed as a fork of slice-deque to continue maintenance and provide security patches, since the latter has been officially unmaintained RUSTSEC-2020-0158. While slice-ring-buffer has addressed some previously reported memory safety issues inherited from its fork...

This Week in Spring (AI) - May 27th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This time, I'm talking to you after an insane week behind me. Last week I flew from San Francisco to Stockholm, Sweden where I was the speaker for the JForum event, a monthly meetup. Spring drew the largest audience to JForum...

A Bootiful Podcast: 'Mr. Apache' Jeff Genender

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I'm joined by well-known member of the Java community Jeff Genender, whose contributions to Apache over the decades have driven several key projects with which you're no doubt familiar...

WordPress Hyperlink Group Block plugin <= 2.0.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Cross Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by Peter Thaleikis in WordPress Plugin Hyperlink Group Block versions = 2.0.1...

A Bootiful Podcast: Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer at SAP

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachine team at SAP. His work today comprises many open-source contributions and his blog, where he regularly writes on in-depth profiling and debugging...

CVE-2025-1757 WordPress Portfolio Builder – Portfolio Gallery <= 1.1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

The WordPress Portfolio Builder – Portfolio Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'pfhubportfolio' and 'pfhubportfolioportfolio' shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping o...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-15slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: Use-after-free of the root cursor. Buffer...

Stable Channel Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 131.0.6778.264/.265 for Windows, Mac and 131.0.6778.264 for Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the Log. Security Fixes and Rewards Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept...

Metasploit 2024 Annual Wrap-Up

Another year has come and gone, and the Metasploit team has taken some time to review the year’s notable additions. This year saw some great new features added, Metasploit 6.4 released and a slew of new modules. We’re grateful to the community members new and old that have submitted modules and...

PT-2025-39219

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 140.0.7339.207 Description An integer overflow in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome could lead to heap corruption. This issue potentially allows a remote attacker to exploit the system through a...

Take Command of Your Career: Practicing Self-Advocacy as a Woman in Tech

As the year draws to a close, it’s essential—and often expected—to reflect on our achievements and lessons learned in preparation for annual performance reviews and setting future goals.For women in tech, this reflection period can be an especially powerful tool. The industry often demands that...

python3.12-PyMySQL security update

1.1.0-3 - Security fix for CVE-2024-36039 Resolves: RHEL-38371 1.1.0-2 - Rebuilt for timestamp .pyc invalidation mode 1.1.0-4 - Initial package - Fedora contributions by: Benjamin A. Beasley Carl George Damien Ciabrini Haikel Guemar Iryna Shcherbina Itamar Reis Peixoto Julien Enselme Lumir Balhar...

This Week in Spring - October 22nd, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring. I write this to you in an Uber speeding down the autobahn near Frankfurt, Germany. What a time to be alive! At the rate this driver's going, I won't have much time to write this before we've arrived, so let's dive right into...

Fedora 40 : xrdp (2024-e142be4915)

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-e142be4915 advisory. Release notes for xrdp v0.10.1 2024/07/31 General announcements A clipboard bugfix included in this release is sponsored by Krmer Pferdesport GmbH & Co KG. W...

Exploit for Path Traversal in Apache Http_Server

CVE-2021-42013 Vulnerability Scanner This Python script check...

BackDoorSim - An Educational Into Remote Administration Tools

BackdoorSim is a remote administration and monitoring tool designed for educational and testing purposes. It consists of two main components: ControlServer and BackdoorClient. The server controls the client, allowing for various operations like file transfer, system monitoring, and more. Disclaim...

Exploit for Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Jetbrains Teamcity

CVE-2023-42793 Exploit Script Overview This script is des...