Friday Squid Blogging: Zaqistan Flag
The fictional nation of Zaqistan (in Utah) has a squid on its flag. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...
UK MoD Error Sends Emails to Russia’s Ally Instead of US
The MoD clarified that the incident involved fewer than 20 emails and none were top secret Read More
New Study Reveals Forged Certificate Attack Risks
Attempts can lead to unauthorized access to important company resources Read More
40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads Vulnerable to Exploits
Wiz Research said the vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux filesystem, OverlayFS Read More
Microsoft Accused of Negligence in Recent Email Compromise
In an open letter, Senator Ron Wyden urged federal agencies to investigate Microsoft following a Chinese campaign that compromised US government emails Read More
USN-6261-1: Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds...
Australia and US Issue Warning About Web App Threats
The advisory issues recommendations for developers and end users on reducing the prevalence of access control vulnerabilities Read More
Flaw in Ninja Forms WordPress plugin allows hackers to steal submitted data
Critical security vulnerabilities in a WordPress plugin used on around 900,000 websites, allow malicious hackers to steal sensitive information entered on forms. Read more in...
Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs
Interesting research: “(Ab)using Images and Sounds for Indirect Instruction Injection in Multi-Modal LLMs“: Abstract: We demonstrate how images and sounds can be used for indirect...
Hawaii Community College admits paying ransom to extortionists
After a ransomware attack which saw the personal information of 28,000 individuals stolen by hackers, Hawaii Community College has confirmed that it has paid a...