2023

Lawsuit: We’ve got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older female engineers 10/08/2023 at 03:47 By Thomas Claburn Seven women bring the receipts, as the kids say Twitter has been sued by seven female former employees who allege they were discriminated against on the basis of sex, age, race, and/or for taking […]

Ukraine’s Victor Zhora: Russia’s cyber ‘war crimes’ will continue after ground invasion ends 10/08/2023 at 02:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle New international laws needed ‘to bring accountability’ Ukraine’s cybersecurity boss Victor Zhora says he expects Russia’s online attacks against his country – including cyber “war crimes” – will continue long after the physical war ends

Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as ‘not a superconductor at all’ 10/08/2023 at 02:19 By Dan Robinson It may actually be the anti-superconductor, quips one research team Enthusiasm over the purported room temperature superconductor LK-99 is waning further as more research teams are unable to reproduce the original findings. In fact, one at a

Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks 10/08/2023 at 02:03 By Tobias Mann It’s like a nesting doll of security flaws AMD processor users, you have another data-leaking vulnerability to deal with: like Zenbleed, this latest hole can be to steal sensitive data from a running vulnerable machine.… This article is

US Supreme Court allows ‘ghost guns’ to fall under federal purview 10/08/2023 at 01:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo 3D printers beware, Biden’s on the Build-Your-Own-Blunderbuss beat The Biden administration’s crackdown on 3D-printed gun parts can be allowed to be enforced, at least temporarily, after the US Supreme Court voted to let the rule to stand.… This

CLI-beautifying ANSI escape sequences can also make your log files a security threat 10/08/2023 at 00:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo When you can’t even cat your telemetry safely, who can you trust? Black Hat  Spend much time working in a command-line terminal and you’re likely to have at least a passing familiarity with ANSI escape sequences.

X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises 10/08/2023 at 00:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Meanwhile, platform keeps paying creators a share of ad revenue, but without similar safety features The site formerly known as Twitter is trying yet again to lure advertisers back, this time with a series of brand safety concessions that

DARPA tells AI world: Make a model that secures software, there’s $20M in it for you 09/08/2023 at 23:49 By Iain Thomson If you’re so smart, prove it by safeguarding our infrastructure Black Hat  In a surprise announcement at the opening Black Hat keynote today, DARPA unveiled what it’s called an AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC).

Say hello to Downfall, another data-leaking security hole in several years of Intel chips 09/08/2023 at 22:47 By Thomas Claburn It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that the boffins are at it again Black Hat  Googlers have lately found not one but two more security vulnerabilities in Intel and AMD processors

Researchers discover algorithm to create shapes that roll down pre-determined paths 09/08/2023 at 22:35 By Lindsay Clark Lopsided solids promise applications in quantum mechanics and medicine Researchers have developed a method to construct solid objects that roll down pre-determined paths, which they reckon could have applications in quantum mechanics and medicine.… This article is an

Rapid7 prepares to toss 18% of workforce to cut costs 09/08/2023 at 21:03 By Paul Kunert Operating expenses almost as high as actual turnover in latest quarterly numbers Rapid7 is initiating a restructuring process that will involve shedding 18 percent of its workforce after net losses widened over the most recent quarter.… This article is

Large-user applications vulnerable to dependency confusion attacks 09/08/2023 at 19:48 By A OX Security report found applications with more than 1 billion users are using dependencies which are vulnerable to dependency confusion attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source