Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities
Threema comes with unusually strong claims. They crumble under new research findings. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Academic researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities in the core of Threema, an instant messeng.....»»
Signal usernames rolling out in beta, to keep your phone number private [Update: Availability]
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Meta service outage causing Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and Threads to go down
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Organizations are knowingly releasing vulnerable applications
92% of companies had experienced a breach in the prior year due to vulnerabilities of applications developed in-house, according to Checkmarx. AppSec managers and developers share application security duties In recent years the responsibility for app.....»»
Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it
Technically, Microsoft doesn't consider such bugs as vulnerabilities. It patched it anyway. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers backed by the North Korean government gained a major win when Microsoft left a Windows ze.....»»
IPTV Piracy Group Members Arrested For Signal Theft, Fraud, Money Laundering
Officers of the Quebec Provincial Police (Sûreté du Québec) carried out raids this week against suspected members of an IPTV piracy group operating in Canada. At least five people were arrested on suspicion of various crimes including theft of tel.....»»
Shining a light on the effects of habituation and neural adaptation on the evolution of animal signals
A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology—habituation and neural adaptation—on the efficacy of mate choice signal.....»»
Researchers develop world-leading microwave photonics chip for high-speed signal processing
A research team led by Professor Wang Cheng from the Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has developed a world-leading microwave photonic chip that is capable of performing ultrafast analog electronic s.....»»
Higher AutoZone profits signal DIY trend gaining traction as vehicle costs rise
Demand for auto parts stayed resilient during the recent quarter as surging vehicle prices kept new- and used-car buyers on the sidelines......»»
White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation
The White House is asking the technical community to switch to using memory-safe programming languages – such as Rust, Python, Swift, C#, Java, and Go – to prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem. Acc.....»»
ScreenConnect flaws exploited to deliver all kinds of malware (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708)
The recently patched vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708) in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software are being exploited by numerous attackers to deliver a variety of malicious payloads. About ConnectWise ScreenConnect ConnectWise ScreenConnect.....»»
CVE count set to rise by 25% in 2024
The report from Coalition indicates an anticipated 25% rise in the total count of published common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) for 2024, reaching 34,888 vulnerabilities, equivalent to approximately 2,900 per month. Sharp CVE increase heighte.....»»
The United States cellular network struggled the morning of February 22
It's not just you — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon were having issues across a wide swathe of the US, but the issue seems to have been resolved.A 5G signal meter on an iPhone 12So far, it's not clear why T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon are all having issu.....»»
Attackers exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws, fixes available for all users (CVE-2024-1709, CVE-2024-1708)
The two ScreenConnect vulnerabilities ConnectWise has recently urged customers to patch have finally been assigned CVE numbers: CVE-2024-1709 for the authentication bypass, CVE-2024-1708 for the path traversal flaw. ConnectWise has also released a ne.....»»
The United States cellular network is struggling this morning
It's not just you — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are having issues across a wide swathe of the US this morning.A 5G signal meter on an iPhone 12So far, it's not clear why T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon are all having issues this morning. Symptoms vary,.....»»
iMessage gets a major makeover that puts it on equal footing with Signal
How Kybers and ratcheting are boosting the resiliency of Apple's messaging app. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) iMessage is getting a major makeover that makes it among the two messaging apps most prepared to withstand th.....»»
Apple’s App Store is Riddled With Popular Piracy Brands (Update)
Apple is relatively good at banning piracy-related software from its App Store. Now and then, a pirate app may slip through the cracks, as happened this week. These are typically dealt with right away, but not always. Just as intriguing is the fact t.....»»
Signal usernames rolling out in beta, to keep your phone number private
Signal usernames have long been inexplicably absent from the secure messaging app, requiring users to share their phone number with contacts. That’s changing, however, in the latest beta … more….....»»
VMware pushes admins to uninstall vulnerable, deprecated vSphere plugin (CVE-2024-22245, CVE-2024-22250)
VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in (EAP), a plugin for VMware vSphere, has two vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-22245, CVE-2024-22250) that could be exploited by attackers to mount authentication relay and session hijack attacks. The vulnerabilities hav.....»»
For couples, negative speaks louder than positive
After a long day, a couple cuddles together while watching a favorite show, taking comfort in each other's touch, scent and voices—until one partner makes an insensitive comment. Will the comment be quickly forgotten, or might it signal trouble for.....»»
RCE vulnerabilities fixed in SolarWinds enterprise solutions
SolarWinds has released updates for Access Rights Manager (ARM) and (Orion) Platform that fix vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute code on vulnerable installations. SolarWinds ARM flaws fixed SolarWinds, the company whose Orion IT ad.....»»