New Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw Uncovered in Snap Package Manager

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Canonical’s Snap software packaging and deployment system, the most critical of which can be exploited to escalate privilege to gain root privileges. Snaps are self-contained application packages that are designed to work on

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25 Malicious JavaScript Libraries Distributed via Official NPM Package Repository

Another batch of 25 malicious JavaScript libraries have made their way to the official NPM package registry with the goal of stealing Discord tokens and environment variables from compromised systems, more than two months after 17 similar packages were taken

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House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill amid Wrangling over Reconciliation Package

(Unsplash) The House passed the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday night following months of negotiations, sending the legislation to the White House for President Biden’s signature. Lawmakers voted 228-206 to pass the legislation, and representatives broke into cheers

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Activists Follow Sinema into Bathroom, Harass Her over Opposition to Reconciliation Package

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) During a visit to Arizona State University on Sunday, Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema was harassed by a group of students over her opposition to the $3.5

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Bernie Sanders Urges House Democrats to Hold Infrastructure Bill Hostage Until Reconciliation Package Passes

Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to examine President Biden’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2021. (Shawn Thew/Pool via Reuters) Joining Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other members of the “squad,”

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Psaki, Dem Lawmakers Claim $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Package Will Cost ‘Zero Dollars’

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Since President Biden tweeted that his Build Back Better plan, encompassing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package being peddled

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NPM package with 3 million weekly downloads had a severe vulnerability

Getty Images Popular NPM package “pac-resolver” has fixed a severe remote code execution (RCE) flaw. The pac-resolver package receives over 3 million weekly downloads, extending this vulnerability to Node.js applications relying on the open source dependency. Pac-resolver touts itself as

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