Last week’s mass-wiping of Western Digital My Book Live storage devices involved the exploitation of not just one vulnerability but also a second critical security bug that allowed hackers to remotely perform a factory reset without …
Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices Read More »
The REvil ransomware operation is now using a Linux encryptor that targets and encrypts Vmware ESXi virtual machines. With the enterprise moving to virtual machines for easier backups, device management, and efficient use of resources, …
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court late last week barred the courthouse door to thousands of people who were wrongly marked as “potential terrorists” by credit giant TransUnion. The Court’s analysis of their “standing” …
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Ever since two prominent Russian-speaking cybercrime forums banned ransomware-related topics [1, 2], criminal operations have been forced to promote their service through alternative methods. At least two ransomware gangs in need of hackers to run …
Ransomware gangs now creating websites to recruit affiliates Read More »
Last week, the Linux Foundation created a new open source industry association called the Open Voice Network (OVN). The new group is an independently governed directed fund of the Linux Foundation, with the goals of …
The Linux Foundation is working to improve voice recognition ethics Read More »
Alexandre Oliva announced today the release of the GNU Linux-libre 5.13 kernel for those who want to use a 100% free version of Linux kernel 5.13 on their GNU/Linux computers. Based on the just released …
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The Linux kernel 5.13 series has been officially released today by Linus Torvalds as the latest and greatest Linux kernel branch packed full of new features, updated drivers, and improvements for better hardware support. Two …
Linux Kernel 5.13 Officially Released, This Is What’s New Read More »
Hackers are scanning for and actively exploiting a vulnerability in Cisco ASA devices after a PoC exploit was published on Twitter. This Cisco ASA vulnerability is cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that is tracked as CVE-2020-3580. Cisco …
Cisco ASA vulnerability actively exploited after exploit released Read More »
Browser extensions can be hugely useful, plugging gaps in functionality, adding cool new features and options, and generally just making life on the web more convenient. At the same time, they have the potential to …
How to Make Sure Your Browser Extensions Are Safe Read More »
One month ago the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel when it was revealed the university researchers were trying to intentionally submit bugs into the kernel via new patches as …
Linux 5.13 Reverts + Fixes The Problematic University of Minnesota Patches Read More »
Billions of times each year, people turn to Google’s web search box for help figuring out what’s wrong with their skin. Now, Google is preparing to launch an app that uses image recognition algorithms to …
Google launches a new medical app—outside the United States Read More »
An open-source application called WhyNotWin11 acts as a better drop-in replacement for Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to determine if your hardware is compatible with Windows 11. This week, Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows …
WhyNotWin11 is a better replacement for Windows 11’s PC Health Check Read More »