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The Register
Decentralization is great, except when many servers grab data from a site Mastodon has pushed back an update that would have addressed the issue of link previews creating accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.…
Bleeping Computer
Mastodon, the free and open-source decentralized social networking platform, has fixed a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to impersonate and take over any remote account. [...]
The Hacker News
The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account. "Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account," the maintainers said in a terse advisory. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23832, has a severity rating of 9.4 out of
The Register
Danger of remote account takeovers leaves lead devs scared of releasing many details Mastodon has called admins to action following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability affecting the decentralized social network favored by erstwhile Twitter lovers.…
Dark Reading
Platform's independent server "instances" may have different security levels, creating potential for supply chain-like vulnerabilities.
Bleeping Computer
Mastodon, the free and open-source decentralized social networking platform, has patched four vulnerabilities, including a critical one that allows hackers to create arbitrary files on instance-hosting servers using specially crafted media files. [...]
The Hacker News
Mastodon, a popular decentralized social network, has released a security update to fix critical vulnerabilities that could expose millions of users to potential attacks. Mastodon is known for its federated model, consisting of thousands of separate servers called "instances," and it has over 14 million users across more than 20,000 instances. The most critical vulnerability, CVE-2023-36460,
ZDNet Security
Mastodon has been attracting Twitter expatriates at a brisk pace. If you've set up an account on this federated social media network, you're probably wondering just how things work. I've been gathering questions from Mastodon newcomers and have some answers here.
Bleeping Computer
Vivaldi 5.6 was released today with a Mastodon client integrated directly into the browser's sidebar, seamlessly incorporating the rising social media platform in the browser's interface. [...]
Dark Reading
As the open source social media network blows up due to Twitter's troubles, researchers caution about vulnerabilities within the application.