Tag: software vulnerabilities

  • Alerts: 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

    Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/11/20/2024-cwe-top-25-most-dangerous-software-weaknesses Source: Alerts Title: 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses Feedly Summary: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI), operated by MITRE, has released the 2024 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses. This annual list identifies the most critical…

  • NCSC Feed: The leaky pipe of secure coding

    Source URL: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/leaky-pipe-secure-coding Source: NCSC Feed Title: The leaky pipe of secure coding Feedly Summary: Helen L discusses how security can be woven more seamlessly into the development process. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes the necessity of accepting software vulnerabilities as an inherent risk while promoting a developer-centered approach to security.…

  • Schneier on Security: AIs Discovering Vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/ais-discovering-vulnerabilities.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: AIs Discovering Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: I’ve been writing about the possibility of AIs automatically discovering code vulnerabilities since at least 2018. This is an ongoing area of research: AIs doing source code scanning, AIs finding zero-days in the wild, and everything in between. The AIs aren’t very…

  • Hacker News: Using Large Language Models to Catch Vulnerabilities

    Source URL: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2024/10/from-naptime-to-big-sleep.html Source: Hacker News Title: Using Large Language Models to Catch Vulnerabilities Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Big Sleep project, a collaboration between Google Project Zero and Google DeepMind, has successfully discovered a previously unknown exploitable memory-safety vulnerability in SQLite through AI-assisted analysis, marking a significant advancement in…

  • The Register: Socket plugs in $40M to strengthen software supply chain

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/socket_slurps_40m_to_secure/ Source: The Register Title: Socket plugs in $40M to strengthen software supply chain Feedly Summary: Biz aims to scrub unnecessary dependencies from npm packages in the name of security Security-focused developer Socket announced on Tuesday it has connected with another $40 million in funding to further its efforts to safeguard the software…

  • Cloud Blog: We tested Intel’s AMX CPU accelerator for AI. Here’s what we learned

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/we-tested-intels-amx-cpu-accelerator-for-ai-heres-what-we-learned/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: We tested Intel’s AMX CPU accelerator for AI. Here’s what we learned Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud, we believe that cloud computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where users can be confident that their software and data are not being exposed to unauthorized actors. In support…

  • The Register: CIQ takes Rocky Linux corporate with $25K price tag

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/rocky_linux_from_ciq/ Source: The Register Title: CIQ takes Rocky Linux corporate with $25K price tag Feedly Summary: Backs RHEL-compatible distro with indemnification and update guarantees CIQ has unveiled a version of Rocky Linux backed by service level objectives and indemnities for enterprises requiring more than the support of an enthusiastic community behind an operating…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Pixel’s Proactive Approach to Security: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Cellular Modems

    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2024/10/pixel-proactive-security-cellular-modems.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Pixel’s Proactive Approach to Security: Addressing Vulnerabilities in Cellular Modems Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses how Pixel phones have implemented significant security enhancements for their cellular baseband processors to protect against common vulnerabilities and exploits. It highlights the proactive security…

  • The Register: The fix for BGP’s weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/02/rpki_immaturity_study/ Source: The Register Title: The fix for BGP’s weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find Feedly Summary: Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) protocol has “software…