Apple Patches Everything: macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS updated., (Tue, May 14th)

Apple today released updates for its various operating systems. The updates cover iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. A standalone update for Safari was released for older versions of macOS. One already exploited vulnerability, CVE-2024-23296 is patched for older versions of macOS and iOS. In March, Apple patched this vulnerability for more recent versions of iOS and macOS.

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Analyzing Synology Disks on Linux, (Wed, May 8th)

Synology NAS solutions are popular devices. They are also used in many organizations. Their product range goes from small boxes with two disks (I’m not sure they still sell a single-disk enclosure today) up to monsters, rackable with plenty of disks. They offer multiple disk management options but rely on many open-source software (like most appliances). For example, there are no expensive hardware RAID controllers in the box. They use the good old “MD” (“multiple devices”) technology, managed with the well-known mdadm tool[1]. Synology NAS run a Linux distribution called DSM. This operating system has plenty of third-party tools but lacks pure forensics tools.

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Detecting XFinity/Comcast DNS Spoofing, (Mon, May 6th)

ISPs have a history of intercepting DNS. Often, DNS interception is done as part of a “value add” feature to block access to known malicious websites. Sometimes, users are directed to advertisements if they attempt to access a site that doesn&#;x26;#;39;t exist. There are two common techniques how DNS spoofing/interception is done:

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