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Parrot OS 7.2 Ships with Linux Kernel 6.19 and Copy Fail Fix

Parrot OS 7.2 is now available with Linux kernel 6.19, updated security tools, Debian package sync, and Copy Fail mitigation.

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 201 introduces DNS Firewall, replacing the old URL Filter with DNS-level domain blocking.

Bitwarden has confirmed a brief supply-chain compromise of its CLI 2026.4.0 npm package, with no evidence of vault data exposure.

OpenVPN 2.7.2 fixes two security flaws, adds long password support in the management interface, and includes several bugfixes for Windows users.

OpenSSL 4.0 introduces Encrypted Client Hello support, removes SSLv3, and implements extensive changes to APIs, TLS, and FIPS-related features.

Little Snitch, long known on macOS, is now available on Linux with app-level network monitoring built around eBPF and a web-based UI.

The VeraCrypt developer reports that Microsoft abruptly terminated the account used for Windows signing, providing no warning or explanation.

OpenSSL 3.6.2 fixes eight security issues, including flaws affecting RSA KEM, AES-CFB-128, DANE client code, CMS, and delta CRL handling.

Arch Linux developers have announced that iptables now defaults to the nft backend, replacing the previous iptables-nft package name.

OpenSSH 10.3 introduces security fixes, new SSH features, and improvements to agent forwarding, multiplexing, and key handling.