Atlassian patches several critical vulnerabilities – Security
Atlassian has issued patches for a variety of critical vulnerabilities, leading with a fix for CVE-2023-22522, a template injection vulnerability in Confluence...
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EU closer to landmark AI Act – Software
EU lawmakers and governments have agreed provisional terms for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT, taking a step closer...
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Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally
Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until...
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Cyber agencies call on software developers to improve memory safety – Finance – Software
Old favourites among software developers like C and C++ can’t guarantee memory safe software and should be replaced, according to...
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WordPress fixes POP chain exposing websites to RCE attacks
WordPress has released version 6.4.2 that addresses a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be chained with another flaw to...
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New XorDdos-Linked Linux RAT Krasue Targeting Telecom Firms
The Krasue Linux RAT is quite sophisticated, and equipped with the capability to evade detection through Rootkit and RTSP communication....
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End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years
Since 2016, the social behemoth now known as Meta has been working to deploy end-to-end encryption in its communication apps....
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UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign
The government has confirmed that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is behind a long-running hacking campaign that targeted politicians, civil...
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Russian pleads guilty to running crypto-exchange used by ransomware gangs
Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty to operating the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange that helped ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals launder...
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Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign
For around $340, actor Elijah Wood can record you a personalized video wishing you happy birthday. John McGinley, best known...
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Log4Shell: A Persistent Threat to Cybersecurity – Two Years On
[By Mike Walters, President and co-founder of Action1] Two years have passed since the cybersecurity world was rocked by the...
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UK government quietly renews public sector preferential pricing agreement with AWS
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has quietly renewed the preferential pricing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows public...
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