Calibre developer Kovid Goyal announced today, February 10, 2017, the immediate availability for download of the Calibre 2.79 open-source ebook library management software for all supported platforms.
Calibre 2.79 is here two weeks after the release of version 2.78, which introduced support for the newest Kobo firmware and many bug fixes. It's also a small release that only introduces a pop-up message to inform users when an Android device is connected.
The user will then need to interact with the informational pop-up message to allow the respective Android device to work with Calibre by simply clicking on the Allow button. This has been currently implemented only for Linux-based operating systems and Mac OS X.
The list of new features implemented in Calibre 2.79 continues with the ability to make opened ebooks also to be displayed in the jump lists of the standalone editor and viewer components (Windows only), and,...
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Calibre 2.79 eBook Manager Adds Interactive Pop-Up for Connected Android Devices
Calibre developer Kovid Goyal announced today, February 10, 2017, the immediate availability for download of the Calibre 2.79 open-source ebook library management software for all supported platforms. Calibre 2.79 is here two weeks after…
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SOC Incident Playbook: Remote Code Execution (RCE) Defense
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title: Detect Exploitation - Calibre 2.79 eBook Manager Adds Interactive Pop-Up for Connected Android Devices
id: bb63a659-43f0-49a0-be01-e84a8659cb22
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
- https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-27
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: any
detection:
selection:
CommandLine|contains:
- 'exploit'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
- attack.initial_accessSyntax validiert (0 Fehler)
rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
meta:
author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
date = "2026-09-27"
description = "YARA Signature for "
strings:
$str = "Calibre 2.79 eBook Manager Add" ascii wide
condition:
any of them
}Syntax validiert (0 Fehler)
index=security sourcetype IN ("cisco:asa", "pan:traffic", "zeek_conn", "suricata", "WinEventLog:Security")
("Calibre 279 eBook Manager Adds Interacti")
| stats count earliest(_time) as first_seen latest(_time) as last_seen by src_ip, dest_ip, dest_host, signature
| eval first_seen=strftime(first_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), last_seen=strftime(last_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
| sort - countSyntax validiert (0 Fehler)
message: "*Calibre 279 eBook Manager Adds Interacti*"Syntax validiert (0 Fehler)
CommonSecurityLog
| where Message has "Calibre 279 eBook Manager Adds Interacti"
| summarize EventCount = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, Activity
| extend DetectionRule = "iShareStuff-CTI-Compiled"
| sort by EventCount desc2. Cyber Threat Intelligence & Forensik
CTI Threat Relationship Graph3 Knoten / 2 Relationen
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Resource Development
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Initial Access
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Impact
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Fokus-Vektor:
Analyse für identifizierte Bedrohung auf Basis von Live-CTI (ENISA EUVD): CVSS 0.0 · EPSS 0.0% · CISA KEV: nein. Handlungsableitung aus den verlinkten Hersteller-Quellen.
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Netzwerk/Remote-Zugriff ohne Vorauthentifizierung möglich.
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- 3. Telemetrie & EDR-Alerts: Prozessaufrufe und Child-Processes auf anomale Shell-Spawns überwachen.
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