Pakistani national arrested over Southport ‘cyber terrorism’
Authorities in Lahore, Pakistan, have arrested and questioned a web developer named as Farhan Asif on suspicion of cyber terrorism in relation to misinformation posted…
Author: Cybernoz
Git branching for small teams
Here’s a practice I use personally and encourage within my open source projects and any small teams I run for work. I’ve seen major elements…
Phrack hacker zine publishes new edition after three years
Phrack #71 has been released online and is available to read for free. This issue is the first to be released since 2021, marking a…
Telegram and WhatsApp suffer downtime in Russia due to DDoS
In recent years, when a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeted a business or federal entity in Western countries, Russia, China, and North Korea…
Women in data: Claire Thompson, chief data officer, L&G
It’s almost become a cliché to say that data is the lifeblood of the modern enterprise. However, Claire Thompson, group chief data and analytics officer…
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…
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,…