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GHSA-f686-hw9c-xw9c: Snowflake JDBC Security Advisory

### Impacted Products Snowflake JDBC driver versions >= 3.2.6 & <= 3.19.1 are affected. ### Introduction Snowflake recently identified an issue affecting JDBC drivers that can result in data being uploaded to an encrypted stage without the additional layer of protection provided by client side encryption. The issue, which affects only a subset of accounts hosted on Azure and GCP deployments (AWS deployments are not affected), manifests in instances where customers create a stage using a JDBC driver with the CLIENT_ENCRYPTION_KEY_SIZE account parameter set to 256-bit rather than the default 128-bit. The data is still protected by TLS in transit and server side encryption at rest. This missed layer of the additional protection is not visible to the affected customers. ### Incorrect Security Setting Vulnerability #### Description Snowflake identified an incorrect security setting in Snowflake JDBC drivers. Snowflake has evaluated the severity of the issue and determined it was in mediu...

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China's 'Evasive Panda' APT Debuts High-End Cloud Hijacking

A professional-grade tool set, appropriately dubbed "CloudScout," is infiltrating cloud apps like Microsoft Outlook and Google Drive, targeting sensitive info for exfiltration.

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FIPS 140-3 changes for PKCS #12

With the planned release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 in 2025, the PKCS #12 (Public-Key Cryptography Standards #12) files created in FIPS mode now use Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) cryptography by default. In other words, PKCS #12 files allow for backup or easy transfer of keying material between RHEL systems using FIPS approved algorithms.What are PKCS #12 files?PKCS #12 is currently defined by RFC 7292 and is a format for storing and transferring private keys, certificates, and miscellaneous secrets. Typically, PKCS #12 is used for transferring private RSA, EdDSA, o