#softwarevulnerabilities

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-11-24

🐛 Oh joy, another thrilling episode of "Whack-a-Mole: Software Edition," where 300+ NPM packages show us that open source security is an oxymoron! 🎉 struts in with their clipboard and magnifying glass, ready to save the day—right after the damage is done. 🔍📝
helixguard.ai/blog/malicious-s

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-07-15

🚆🔓 Ah, the classic tale of "Oops, our bad! 🚨 We forgot to mention that train brakes are basically as secure as a paper mâché safe, and we've known since the 90s." 💾 But no worries, just turn on and , and maybe your train won't go off the rails. 🍪🔧
securityweek.com/train-hack-ge

2025-05-15

Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 lit up the cybersecurity scene! Researchers exploited jaw-dropping flaws in Windows 11 and Red Hat Linux—from unexpected memory errors to full system takeovers. How safe is your software? Check out the full story.

thedefendopsdiaries.com/pwn2ow

#pwn2own
#cybersecurity
#softwarevulnerabilities
#windows11
#redhatlinux

2025-05-08

A trusted npm package, "rand-user-agent," was found hiding a remote access Trojan—putting thousands of systems at risk. How did this sneak into your code, and what can you do to stay safe?

thedefendopsdiaries.com/unders

#supplychainattack
#npmsecurity
#remotetrojan
#cybersecurity
#softwarevulnerabilities

2025-04-15

4chan just got hacked—an intruder exploited outdated tech for more than a year, reopening banned boards and leaking sensitive data. Makes you wonder: how secure is everything online?

thedefendopsdiaries.com/4chan-

#4chanbreach
#cybersecurity
#infosec
#dataprotection
#softwarevulnerabilities

Webappiawebappia
2023-07-11

Beware of tainted dependencies: Validate the authenticity of AI models 

Hashtags: Summary: French cybersecurity company Mithril Security has demonstrated the ability to poison a large language model (LLM) and make it available to developers. The purpose of this exercise was to highlight the issue of misinformation and the need for increased awareness and precaution when using AI models. Mithril Security's…

webappia.com/beware-of-tainted

Webappiawebappia
2023-06-23

Over 4,500 hackers engaged in bug hunting for ChatGPT’s creator 

Hashtags: Summery: OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and other AI applications, recently launched a bug bounty program to uncover vulnerabilities in its technology. The program, organized by Bugcrowd, focused on examining cloud resources, plugins, and connections to third-party services, excluding issues related to biases in OpenAI's…

webappia.com/over-4500-hackers

Ænðr E. Feldstrawaeveltstra
2023-02-15
2022-12-08

@einonm vim is software that is quite complex and not written in a memory safe language, and not formally proven to be correct.

It has a history of vulnerabilities, like any similar software.

cvedetails.com/vulnerability-l

#vim #EditorWars #SoftwareVulnerabilities

2020-12-09

Record Levels of Software Bugs Plague Short-Staffed IT Teams in 2020 - As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S. retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “i... threatpost.com/record-levels-s #vulnerabilityfujiwaraevents #third-partyonlinesoftware #softwarevulnerabilities #mostrecentthreatlists #2020totalbugreports #cybersecurityskills #riskbasedsecurity #workforceshortage #softwarepatching #vulnerabilities #itsecurityteams #bugs

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