Tag: security risks

  • Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…

  • Wired: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/connor-moucka-snowflake-hack-arrest-extradition/ Source: Wired Title: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition Feedly Summary: Alexander “Connor” Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake’s cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This…

  • The Register: Ongoing typosquatting campaign impersonates hundreds of popular npm packages

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/typosquatting_npm_campaign/ Source: The Register Title: Ongoing typosquatting campaign impersonates hundreds of popular npm packages Feedly Summary: Puppeteer or Pupeter? One of them will snoop around on your machine and steal your credentials An ongoing typosquatting campaign is targeting developers via hundreds of popular JavaScript libraries, whose weekly downloads number in the tens of…

  • Slashdot: Google’s Big Sleep LLM Agent Discovers Exploitable Bug In SQLite

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/05/1532207/googles-big-sleep-llm-agent-discovers-exploitable-bug-in-sqlite?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s Big Sleep LLM Agent Discovers Exploitable Bug In SQLite Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Google has leveraged a large language model (LLM) agent, “Big Sleep,” to identify a previously undiscovered memory vulnerability in SQLite, marking a significant advancement in automated vulnerability discovery. This initiative showcases…

  • Hacker News: How the British Airways’ breach kickstarted today’s web security challenge

    Source URL: https://baways.com/ Source: Hacker News Title: How the British Airways’ breach kickstarted today’s web security challenge Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the security risks associated with third-party scripts commonly used on websites. It highlights the potential vulnerabilities these scripts can introduce, especially when managed by external sources…

  • Hacker News: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/04/public_sector_breakins_opinion/ Source: Hacker News Title: Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL), highlighting significant security lapses and the public sector’s lack of transparency and accountability in handling…

  • Anchore: Grype Support for Azure Linux 3 released

    Source URL: https://anchore.com/blog/grype-support-for-azure-linux-3-released/ Source: Anchore Title: Grype Support for Azure Linux 3 released Feedly Summary: On September 26, 2024 the OSS team at Anchore released general support for Azure Linux 3, Microsoft’s new cloud-focused Linux distribution. This blog post will share some of the technical details of what goes into supporting a new Linux distribution…

  • Hacker News: XTP: Make Squishy Software

    Source URL: https://www.getxtp.com/blog/meet-xtp Source: Hacker News Title: XTP: Make Squishy Software Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The XTP platform allows end-users to build and run plugins in a secure environment, enhancing the extensibility of applications. It utilizes WebAssembly (Wasm) for sandboxing, ensuring security even when executing potentially untrusted code. This innovation…

  • Slashdot: Tech Giants Are Set To Spend $200 Billion This Year Chasing AI

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/01/1238226/tech-giants-are-set-to-spend-200-billion-this-year-chasing-ai Source: Slashdot Title: Tech Giants Are Set To Spend $200 Billion This Year Chasing AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the substantial financial investments by major technology firms in artificial intelligence (AI) despite previous criticisms of the costs not yielding justified results. This trend highlights the…