August Windows security update breaks dual boot on Linux systems
According to user reports following this month’s Patch Tuesday, the August 2024 Windows security updates are breaking dual boot on some Linux systems with Secure…
Month: August 2024
The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws
At the 2023 Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, prominent AI tech companies partnered with algorithmic integrity and transparency groups to sic thousands of attendees…
Number of women choosing computer science degrees up 8%
There has been an 8% year-on-year increase in the number of women studying for computer science degrees in the UK, according to research by BCS,…
CEO’s Guide To Take-Down Services
As organizations become more digitized and connected, their attack surface grows as well and they become increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Businesses are seeking innovative strategies to…
Post to your static website from your iPhone
I love websites. I love static sites in particular. But I know that sometimes it’s just not practical to write and post only from your…
GitHub Enterprise Server vulnerable to critical auth bypass flaw
A critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of GitHub Enterprise Server could be exploited to bypass authentication and enable an attacker to gain administrator privileges on the…
Dell SupportAssist Vulnerability Exposes PCs to Privilege Escalation Attacks
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in Dell’s SupportAssist for Home PCs, specifically affecting the installer executable version 4.0.3. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-38305,…
Publishers Spotlight: Cranium – Cyber Defense Magazine
I was thrilled to catch up with Cranium during Black Hat USA 2024. CISOs are feeling pressure from their CEOs and Boards to support these…
Rethinking Cyber-Physical Systems Security in the Age of Industry 4.0
As manufacturing advances into the Industry 4.0 era, the integration of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) necessitates a comprehensive defense strategy tailored to…
PostgreSQL databases under attack – Help Net Security
Poorly protected PostgreSQL databases running on Linux machines are being compromised by cryptojacking attackers. The attack – observed by Aqua Security researchers on a honeypot…
Man certifies his own (fake) death after hacking into registry system using stolen identity
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 81 months in jail after hacking governments systems to fake his own death to dodge paying child support.…
QiStor flashes key-value storage software for hardware acceleration
Existing flash storage is power-hungry and wasteful of datacentre performance because its data allocation method is rooted in the distant past of spinning disk hard…