Friday Squid Blogging: Cotton-and-Squid-Bone Sponge
News: A sponge made of cotton and squid bone that has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China could provide an elusive...
USN-7169-5: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the...
stb-0^20241002git31707d1-4.el9
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-75d8605b8c Packages in this update: stb-0^20241002git31707d1-4.el9 Update description: Add another patch for the root cause of CVE-2021-45340. We already have a patch for CVE-2021-45340, but...
stb-0^20241002git31707d1-5.el10_0
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-93a1152ae1 Packages in this update: stb-0^20241002git31707d1-5.el10_0 Update description: Add another patch for the root cause of CVE-2021-45340. We already have a patch for CVE-2021-45340, but...
Apps That Are Spying on Your Location
404 Media is reporting on all the apps that are spying on your location, based on a hack of the location data company Gravy Analytics:...
stb-0^20241002git31707d1-4.fc40
FEDORA-2025-49e8952aab Packages in this update: stb-0^20241002git31707d1-4.fc40 Update description: Add another patch for the root cause of CVE-2021-45340. We already have a patch for CVE-2021-45340, but...
Cybercriminals Use Fake CrowdStrike Job Offers to Distribute Cryptominer
CrowdStrike warned it had observed a phishing campaign impersonating the firm’s recruitment process to lure victims into downloading cryptominer Read More
Slovakia Hit by Historic Cyber-Attack on Land Registry
A large-scale cyber-attack has targeted the information system of Slovakia’s land registry, impacting the management of land and property records Read More
Canadian man loses a cryptocurrency fortune to scammers – here’s how you can stop it happening to you
A Canadian man lost a $100,000 cryptocurrency fortune - all because he did a careless Google search. Read more in my article on the Hot...
Medusind Breach Exposes Sensitive Patient Data
The US medical billing firm is notifying over 360,000 customers that their personal, financial and medical data may have been exposed Read More
