In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.

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• Datadog Security Labs has introduced the Supply-Chain Firewall, a new open-source tool designed to protect developers from malicious and vulnerable packages sourced from PyPI and npm repositories.
• U.S. authorities have arrested 19-year-old Remington Goy Ogletree, known online as "remi," for allegedly breaching a U.S. financial institution and two unnamed telecommunications firms.
• A recent study titled "A Study of Malware Prevention in Linux Distributions" examines the challenges of preventing and detecting malware within Linux distribution package repositories.
• A recently identified zero-day vulnerability affects all modern versions of Windows Workstation and Server operating systems, from Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 up to the latest Windows 11 v24H2 and Server 2022.

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