SUSE CVE-2025-22376

In Net::OAuth::Client in the Net::OAuth package before 0.29 for Perl, the default nonce is a 32-bit integer generated from the built-in rand function, which is not cryptographically strong...

WhatsApp Introduces New Device Verification Feature to Prevent Account Takeover Attacks

Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced a new account verification feature that ensures that malware running on a user's mobile device doesn't impact their account. "Mobile device malware is one of the biggest threats to people's privacy and security today because it can take...

tarsnap -- cryptographic nonce reuse

Colin Percival reports: In versions 1.0.22 through 1.0.27 of Tarsnap, the CTR nonce value is not incremented after each chunk is encrypted. The CTR counter is correctly incremented after each 16 bytes of data was processed, but this counter is reset to zero for each new chunk. Note that since the...