security

Security Alert: Keylogging Plugin Discovered in Pidgin Messaging App

Critical warning: Pidgin users warned of ss-otr plugin containing a keylogger, shares screenshots. Immediate uninstall is advised.

Tails 6.6 security-focused Linux distro rolls out with upgraded Tor and Thunderbird versions, plus improved hardware support.

OPNsense 24.7 'Thriving Tiger' open-source firewall and routing platform rolls out powered by FreeBSD 14.1, with enhanced VPNs and performance.

Tails 6.5 speeds up installation with a faster Tails Cloner, brings Debian 12.6, and updates Tor Browser to 13.5.1 for better privacy.

Whonix Linux 17.2 targets anonymity-paranoid users, rolling out with a connection directly to Tor and avoiding the Anon Connection Wizard popup.

A new vulnerability, CVE-2024-6409, in OpenSSH versions 8.7 and 8.8 risks remote code execution; Fedora 36/37 and RHEL 9 are affected.

NethSecurity 8.1, an open-source Linux firewall, is here with improved stability, a new admin management UI, connection tracking, and more.

OpenSSH 9.8 enhances security, fixing critical race conditions in sshd and logic errors in ssh.

Libgcrypt 1.11.0 brings cutting-edge cryptographic solutions with improved APIs, enhanced speeds, quantum-resistant algorithms, and more.

Tails 6.4 security-focused Linux distro rolls out with stronger cryptography, updated Tor Browser, and Thunderbird improvements.