Attack worm may be new biocontrol weapon against wasp
A strain of roundworm discovered for the first time in Australian pine plantations during University of the Sunshine Coast-led research could become the timber industry's latest biocontrol weapon......»»
Atlatl weapon use by prehistoric females equalized the division of labor while hunting, experimental study shows
A new study led by archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University's Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e., spear thrower) functions as an "equalizer," a finding which supports women'.....»»
GitLab has been exploited to launch a novel proxyjacking attack
Hackers are selling victim's excess bandwidth for cash and installing cryptominers on computers......»»
Obfuscated servers now let you hide the fact that you’re using a VPN
Obfuscated servers are the latest weapon in the battle between internet users wanting to protect their privacy, and governments and private companies seeking to detect and block VPN usage … more….....»»
"Fake Airplane Mode" makes iPhone look offline to user, while an attacker stays connected
Security threats can crop up at any time, even on the iPhone, and now Jamf Threat Labs has demonstrated that even if you think Airplane Mode is on, you might be getting duped.Jamf logoAt the time of publication, this particular attack has not been de.....»»
Ivanti Avalanche vulnerable to attack by unauthenticated, remote attackers (CVE-2023-32560)
Two stack-based buffer overflow bugs (collectively designated as CVE-2023-32560) have been discovered in Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobility management solution. A buffer overflow arises when the data in a buffer surpasses its storage capacity......»»
Ransomware: To pay or not to pay
Comprehensive security plans and programs must focus on defense, but also on answering these key question: “How will the organization respond to a ransomware attack?”, and “At what point will the option of paying the ransom be on the table?”.....»»
Baldur’s Gate 3: Finish the Masterwork Weapon guide
Enchanted weapons aren't easy to come by in Baldur's Gate 3, but the Finish the Masterwork Weapon will reward you with one if you're able to figure it out......»»
Almost all VPNs are vulnerable to traffic-leaking TunnelCrack attacks
Several vulnerabilities that affect most VPN products out there can be exploited by attackers to read user traffic, steal user information, or even attack user devices, researchers have discovered. “Our attacks are not computationally expensive.....»»
Bear–human coexistence reconsidered
The media uproar over wolf attacks on livestock in Switzerland and a bear attack in Italy show how charged the issue of large carnivores and humans coexisting in Europe is. ETH Zurich researcher Paula Mayer has now created a participatory model to he.....»»
The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites
Defense satellites used to be big, costly, and "juicy" targets for attack. Now the Pentagon is aiming for a more resilient network of nearly 1,000 mini orbiters......»»
How to accelerate and access DDoS protection services using GRE
As we entered 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed an increase in sophisticated, high-volume attacks, according to Gcore. The maximum attack power rose from 600 to 800 Gbps. UDP flood attacks were most common and amounted to 52% of total attac.....»»
Detectify IP Addresses view enables organizations to uncover unauthorized assets
Detectify announced enhancements to its platform that can significantly help to elevate an organization’s visibility into its attack surface. Many organizations need help gaining visibility into the IP addresses across their whole environment. Dete.....»»
Today"s Hacker interest in macOS ten times that of 2019
Hackers are now more inclined to attack macOS than ever before, according to an analysis of the Dark Web, with ten times the cyber attacks against Macs compared to 2019.While Mac as a platform isn't necessarily as big a target as Windows, macOS is no.....»»
Pacific wasp named as a new species more than a century after first being spotted
Improving our knowledge of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly, and the relationships it has with other species, is vital to stop the species from becoming extinct......»»
Liquid metal may be a "Terminator terror" in the global fight against pathogens
A new liquid metal combination is shaping up as a potential secret weapon in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance, which is already rendering some antibiotic medications powerless against 'superbugs'......»»
Study offers glimpse of 500-million-year-old sea worm named after "Dune" monster
Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the "Spence Shale Lagerstätte" have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now. The finding has now been published in the journal Histo.....»»
Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams
An APT group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has hit employees of several dozen global organizations with phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams, says Microsoft. A social engineering attack to bypass MFA protection “To facil.....»»
How local governments can combat cybercrime
Amid a recent uptick in cybercrime on local governments, cities have been left to recover for months after the initial attack. For example, leaders in Dallas, Texas are ready to spend months recovering from an attack that hindered the city’s 911 em.....»»
Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content
Adversarial attack involves using text strings and may be unstoppable. Enlarge (credit: MirageC/Getty Images) ChatGPT and its artificially intelligent siblings have been tweaked over and over to prevent troublemakers fro.....»»
Open-source penetration testing tool BloodHound CE released
SpecterOps released version 5.0 of BloodHound Community Edition (CE), a free and open-source penetration testing solution that maps attack paths in Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and Azure (including Azure AD/Entra ID) environments. It is available.....»»