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7-zip vulnerability gives hackers the keys to the kingdom

A researcher demonstrated an easy way to gain elevated privileges on a Windows device......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekApr 19th, 2022

Fungi finding: mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition

You can't walk very far through a forest in this part of the United States without stumbling upon a mushroom, an eruption from a vast fungal kingdom that all life depends on, but about which we know very little......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Half a Million Users Flooded to Twitter Competitor After Elon Musk Handed Creeps the Keys

Half a Million Users Flooded to Twitter Competitor After Elon Musk Handed Creeps the Keys.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Security Bite: Hackers are now directing users to Terminal to bypass Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia

9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art App.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Redbox easily reverse-engineered to reveal customers’ names, zip codes, rentals

The bankrupt company may not see any consequences. Since Redbox went bankrupt, many have wondered what will happen to those red kiosks and DVDs. Another question worth examining.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Connected vehicles and chargers use AI to combat hackers, improve customer experience

More than half of vehicles sold globally are connected, according to McKinsey & Co., and that is forecast to rise to 95 percent by the end of the decade. That connectivity gives hackers more targets......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Six new Copernicus missions to provide detailed environmental data

The Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions are a major leap forward in Europe's Earth observation capabilities. With the United Kingdom's re-entry to the EU's Copernicus program, funding has been confirmed to complete the development of all six Coper.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding that"s entirely caused by humans

Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs

Once, FASTCash ran only on Unix. Then came Windows. Now it can target Linux, too. In the beginning, North Korean hackers compromised the banking infrastructure running AIX, IBM’.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

From Northern Germany to Italy in five days: Tiny transmitters provide insights into precise migration routes of bats

Some bat species are among the world champions of seasonal migration in the animal kingdom. Leisler's bat, for example, which weighs between 12 and 22 grams, flies from central or Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean every late summer—and back in sp.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Did child labor fuel the ancient pottery industry?

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University and the National Museum in Copenhagen have analyzed 450 pottery vessels made in Tel Hama, a town at the edge of the Ebla Kingdom, one of the most important Syrian kingdoms in the Early Bronze Age (about 4,500 y.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

87,000+ Fortinet devices still open to attack, are yours among them? (CVE-2024-23113)

Last week, CISA added CVE-2024-23113 – a critical vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code/command execution on unpatched Fortinet FortiGate firewalls – to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, thus confirming that it&.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

How the US presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code

If you want to know anything about what digital ads the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidential campaigns are running, and in what locales they're running which ads, Penn's Andrew Arenge is your guy. He has, after all, watched more than 15,000 lo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Ridge Security delivers enhanced capabilities for web application security

Ridge Security released RidgeBot 5.0, a substantial upgrade to its automated penetration testing platform. This release introduces AI-driven Web API testing, expanded vulnerability management integrations, and an upgraded operating system. RidgeBot 5.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Hackers take control of robovacs and use them to yell slurs

An attack using Ecovacs robot vacuums seems more mischievous than anything else, but it's still unsettling for those affected......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

What"s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 11th, 2024

Qualcomm Chip Vulnerability Leads to Several Android Devices at Risk of Hacking

Qualcomm listed over 64 different chipsets affected by the vulnerability. The post Qualcomm Chip Vulnerability Leads to Several Android Devices at Risk of Hacking appeared first on Phandroid. While modern smartphone chips usually have some.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

You can thank ROM hackers for Backyard Baseball’s comeback

Backyard Baseball's return to modern PCs may look like a simple case of emulation, but it was much more complicated than that......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Actively exploited Firefox zero-day fixed, update ASAP! (CVE-2024-9680)

Mozilla has pushed out an emergency update for its Firefox and Firefox ESR browsers to fix a vulnerability (CVE-2024-9680) that is being exploited in the wild. About CVE-2024-9680 Reported by ESET malware researcher Damien Schaeffer, CVE-2024-9680 is.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

ESET updates Vulnerability and Patch Management module

ESET released its updated ESET Vulnerability and Patch Management module. With the new update, ESET V&PM has expanded to support Linux1 (desktops and servers), as well as macOS2 devices, covering broader parts of a business’ ecosystem. The V&PM.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Adaptiva improves collaboration between IT and security teams with vulnerability dashboards

Adaptiva announces the latest feature release for OneSite Patch: vulnerability dashboards. These new dashboards provide real-time visibility into Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in the environment and patches that can remediate them–emp.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024