Friday Squid Blogging: Female Gonatus Onyx Squid Carrying Her Eggs
Fantastic video of a female Gonatus onyx squid swimming while carrying her egg sack. An earlier related post. Blog moderation policy. Read More
Palo Alto Networks Confirms New Zero-Day Being Exploited by Threat Actors
The security provider has elevated its warning about a vulnerability affecting firewall management interfaces after observing active exploitation Read More
dotnet9.0-9.0.100-1.fc40
FEDORA-2024-70cf80279f Packages in this update: dotnet9.0-9.0.100-1.fc40 Update description: This is the .NET 9.0 GA release. It contains security fixes for CVE-2024-43498 and CVE-2024-43499 Announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-9/...
Bitfinex Hacker Jailed for Five Years Over Billion Dollar Crypto Heist
Ilya Lichtenstein hacked into the cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stole around 120,000 bitcoins Read More
watchTowr Finds New Zero-Day Vulnerability in Fortinet Products
The new vulnerability was named “FortiJump Higher” due to its similarity with the “FortiJump” vulnerability discovered in October Read More
Good Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies
Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies: Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that...
USN-7089-6: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A...
Ransomware Groups Use Cloud Services For Data Exfiltration
SentinelOne described some of ransomware groups’ favorite techniques for targeting cloud services Read More
Safeguarding Healthcare Organizations from IoMT Risks
The healthcare industry has undergone significant transformation with the emergence of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices. These devices ranging from wearable monitors to...