France Gets Hit with Its Largest Data Breach Ever — What You Need to Know
Two massive data breaches in France have impacted roughly half the nation’s population. The data of an estimated 33 million people has been compromised, making...
Friday Squid Blogging: A Penguin Named “Squid”
Amusing story about a penguin named “Squid.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. Near as I can...
Juniper Support Portal Exposed Customer Device Info
Until earlier this week, the support website for networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks was exposing potentially sensitive information tied to customer products, including which devices...
AI-Powered Robocalls Banned Ahead of US Election
US companies using AI-generated voices during a call without prior consent could receive fines of up to $23,000 per call Read More
Valentine’s Alert: Don’t Let Scammers Break Your Heart or Your Bank Account
As with any major holiday or special occasion, Valentine’s Day is unfortunately not immune to scammers looking for an opportunity to exploit unsuspecting individuals. Their...
20 Years of Facebook, but Trust in Social Media Remains Rock Bottom
Facebook and other social media companies struggle with trust, with only 6% globally comfortable sharing personal data, according to a 2024 Thales survey Read More
USN-6628-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use...
chromium-121.0.6167.160-1.el8
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-34c7addedb Packages in this update: chromium-121.0.6167.160-1.el8 Update description: Update to 121.0.6167.160 High CVE-2024-1284: Use after free in Mojo High CVE-2024-1283: Heap buffer overflow in Skia...
chromium-121.0.6167.160-1.el9
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-554deba0ce Packages in this update: chromium-121.0.6167.160-1.el9 Update description: Update to 121.0.6167.160 High CVE-2024-1284: Use after free in Mojo High CVE-2024-1283: Heap buffer overflow in Skia...