Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species
A new squid species—of the Gonatidae family—was discovered. The video shows her holding a brood of very large eggs. Research paper. Read More
The Top 10 Online Booking Scam Hotspots in the U.S. Revealed
With a record-breaking number of Americans set to travel over the July 4th holiday, most of them by car, scammers have adjusted their plans accordingly....
USN-6851-2: Netplan regression
USN-6851-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Netplan. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in netplan which caused systemctl enable to fail on systems where...
Russian hackers read the emails you sent us, Microsoft warns more customers
More of Microsoft's clients are being warned that emails they exchanged with the company were accessed by Russian hackers who broke into its systems and...
Supply-chain ransomware attack cripples thousands of car dealerships
Car dealerships have been brought to a standstill across the United States after a software provider was hit by a ransomware attack. The attack, believed...
Quality Over Quantity: the Counter-Intuitive GenAI Key
It’s been almost two years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, driving increased mainstream awareness of and access to Generative AI tools. In that time, new tools...
USN-6844-2: CUPS regression
USN-6844-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the CUPS package. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in CUPS with regards to how the cupsd daemon...
TeamViewer Cyber-Attack Attributed to Russian APT Midnight Blizzard
Remote software provider TeamViewer has revealed it has been hit by a cyber-attack that it attributes to Russian state actor Midnight Blizzard Read More
Cyber Workforce Grows 15% at Large Organizations as Security is Prioritized
From an average of one cybersecurity expert for 1285 employees in 2023, large organizations now have one for every 1086 employees, according to Wavestone Read...
James Bamford on Section 702 Extension
Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Read More