Tag: operating system
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The Register: Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/ubuntu_2510_makes_rusk_sudo_default/ Source: The Register Title: Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows Feedly Summary: Ubuntu 25.10 fitted with Rust-written admin tool by default for memory safety’s sake Canonical’s Ubuntu 25.10 is set to make sudo-rs, a Rust-based rework of the classic sudo utility, the default – part of a push to…
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Cloud Blog: Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc3944-proactive-hardening-recommendations/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines Feedly Summary: Background UNC3944, which overlaps with public reporting on Scattered Spider, is a financially-motivated threat actor characterized by its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims. In early operations, UNC3944 largely targeted telecommunications-related organizations to…
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Slashdot: How Riot Games is Fighting the War Against Video Game Hackers
Source URL: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/05/06/0031241/how-riot-games-is-fighting-the-war-against-video-game-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Riot Games is Fighting the War Against Video Game Hackers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Riot Games has successfully reduced cheating in Valorant to under 1% of ranked games by employing an advanced kernel-level anti-cheat system called Vanguard. The system leverages various security features and…
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Cloud Blog: Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/2024-zero-day-trends/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis Feedly Summary: Written by: Casey Charrier, James Sadowski, Clement Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov Executive Summary Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 75 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2024, a decrease from the number we identified in 2023…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen2.5 Omni: See, Hear, Talk, Write, Do It All!
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/qwen25-omni/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen2.5 Omni: See, Hear, Talk, Write, Do It All! Feedly Summary: Qwen2.5 Omni: See, Hear, Talk, Write, Do It All! I’m not sure how I missed this one at the time, but last month (March 27th) Qwen released their first multi-modal model that can handle audio and…
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Slashdot: 4chan Returns, Details Breach, Blames Funding Issues, Ends Shockwave Board
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/0252257/4chan-returns-details-breach-blames-funding-issues-ends-shockwave-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 4chan Returns, Details Breach, Blames Funding Issues, Ends Shockwave Board Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a security breach experienced by 4chan due to outdated infrastructure and insufficient resources. A hacker exploited a vulnerability in a script handling PDFs, leading to significant data exfiltration.…
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CSA: Prioritizing Care when Facing Cyber Risks
Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/prioritizing-continuity-care-face-cyber-risks-healthcare Source: CSA Title: Prioritizing Care when Facing Cyber Risks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text explores the challenges and innovations in healthcare technology amidst cyber risks, particularly due to the shift towards digital solutions like EHRs and telemedicine. It emphasizes the critical need for robust…
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AWS Open Source Blog: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and Karpenter
Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/modernizing-snowflake-corporates-kubernetes-infrastructure-with-bottlerocket-and-karpenter/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and Karpenter Feedly Summary: Snowflake Corporate IT Cloud Operations reached a critical juncture in its cloud infrastructure evolution. Managing large-scale containerized workloads on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) demanded a modern, secure, and efficient operating system. The existing…
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Cisco Talos Blog: Eclipse and STMicroelectronics vulnerabilities
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/eclipse-and-stmicroelectronics-vulnerabilities/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Eclipse and STMicroelectronics vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery & Research team recently disclosed three vulnerabilities found in Eclipse ThreadX and four vulnerabilities in STMicroelectronics. The vulnerabilities mentioned in this blog post have been patched by their respective vendors, all in adherence to Cisco’s third-party vulnerability disclosure…
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Cloud Blog: Chrome Expands AI-Powered Enterprise Search and Enterprise Browser Protections
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/chrome-expands-ai-powered-enterprise-search-and-enterprise-browser-protections/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Chrome Expands AI-Powered Enterprise Search and Enterprise Browser Protections Feedly Summary: The web browser has become the heart of how we work. And while AI gives new opportunities to change how work is done, cyber threats and insider risks continue to evolve and make it harder than ever…