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A Fedora contributor account recently came under scrutiny for apparently AI-generated activity that disrupted the project's bug tracker. . Questionable Bugzilla comments, flawed patches, and improperly closed or reassigned bugs forced maintainers to spend time cleaning up the fallout. There is no evidence that malware was deployed or a backdoor reached production, but the incident exposed a different problem. Open-source projects can be disrupted without compromising a single line of code....
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Attackers are actively exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Langflow , an open-source platform used to build and run AI workflows. . The flaw turns a file upload into a filesystem write, allowing a user-controlled file to escape the application's intended upload directory and land in locations Langflow was never supposed to touch. The vulnerable upload endpoint permits path traversal through crafted filenames. From there, the impact depends heavily on how the platform is deployed. A...
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With npm v12 , dependency preinstall, install, and postinstall scripts will no longer execute automatically during package installation. Script execution will require explicit approval through new controls such as npm approve-scripts, with the change expected to arrive in July 2026. . The announcement targets a part of the software supply chain that has repeatedly appeared in package registry abuse, credential theft, and CI/CD compromise investigations. A single npm install could trigger code...
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Security Vulnerabilities Price Tag%201security advisory zero-day

CISA added CVE-2026-11645 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after Google confirmed active exploitation of the flaw. The bug sits in V8, the JavaScript engine behind Chrome and Chromium. . That's where this gets more interesting. Most coverage will focus on Chrome because that's where the patch landed. But the affected component is V8. Chromium relies on it. Electron relies on it. Plenty of desktop software Linux users interact with every day relies on it too, often without much...
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Network SecurityPrice Tag%201security advisory networking

For years, IPv4 was the only proxy type that really mattered for anyone running automation off a Linux box. IPv6 was the protocol everyone said they’d migrate to, but almost nobody actually did. In 2026, that’s finally starting to shift. . The problem is that most admins stick with IPv4 out of habit. They know it; it’s what their tooling defaults to, and they don’t see a reason to change. Some are overpaying for addresses they don’t need. Others would quietly break their scrapers, scripts, or...
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Tracking Concerns: 12 Million Phones Linked to Leaked Location Data

The New York Times has obtained a massive data set of over 50 billion location pings linked to more than 12 million phones which illustrates the ease with which tech companies can track and identify individuals. What are your thoughts on this? Learn more: . The data, which was leaked to the Times , allowed reporters to easily identify individuals by tracking their movements, despite claims by companies like Foursquare, which says it anonymizes personal data when sharing with third parties. Location data — which is often embedded in apps — is pseudonymized by a 30-digit-long mobile advertising ID which works cross-platform for advertisers and other businesses. The ID can also stitch geolocation together with other information like name, home address, email, phone number or even an identifier tied to your Wi-Fi network. The link for this article located at National Review is no longer available. . Uncovered records show more than 50 billion geolocation signals, monitoring 12 million devices, heightening fears for personal privacy.. Location Tracking, Data Breach, Privacy Concerns, Mobile Advertising. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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