Volunteers of the open-source project hosting Fosshost, whose services are used by GNOME, Armbian and Debian, and the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), have announced the imminent closure. The fact is that the head of the project, Thomas Markey, did not get in touch for more than six months, but only he had access to… Continue reading Fosshost, an Open-Source Project Hosting, Is Closing Down as Its Leader Disappeared
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Dell, HP, and Lenovo Devices Use Older Versions of OpenSSL
Many Dell, HP and Lenovo devices use old and insecure versions of OpenSSL, as Binarly warns. Let me remind you that we also wrote that OpenSSL Fixes First Critical Vulnerability Since 2016, and also that OpenSSL Patches Released and Critical Vulnerability Turns Out to be Not So Critical. The problem lies in the EFI Development… Continue reading Dell, HP, and Lenovo Devices Use Older Versions of OpenSSL
“Password” Topped the List of the Most Common Passwords in 2022
The NordPass password manager team has prepared annual statistics by analysing the most commonly used and weakest passwords of 2022. Let me remind you that we also wrote that Password meter services put Internet users at risk. Years go by and some things don’t change. After reviewing more than 3 TB of data provided by… Continue reading “Password” Topped the List of the Most Common Passwords in 2022
British Experts Scan All Devices in the Country Looking for Vulnerabilities
The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) said its experts regularly scan all internet-accessible devices in the country to detect vulnerabilities. Let me remind you that we also wrote that the FBI and NSA release a statement about attacks by Russian hackers, and also that Hackers scan network for vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers. The purpose… Continue reading British Experts Scan All Devices in the Country Looking for Vulnerabilities
The Japanese Government Decided to Fight the Use of … Floppy Disks
As it turns out, more than 1,900 administrative procedures in Japan still require the use of floppy disks. Now, the newly appointed head of Japan’s Ministry of Digital Reform, Taro Kono, has decided to declare “war” on floppy disks and other forms of obsolete media and move the submission process online. Let me remind you… Continue reading The Japanese Government Decided to Fight the Use of … Floppy Disks
Genshin Impact Game’s Anti-Cheat Driver Is Used to Disable Antiviruses
Trend Micro experts have discovered that hackers are abusing the system anti-cheat driver of the popular game Genshin Impact to disable anti-virus software during ransomware attacks. Mhypro2.sys gives access to the memory of any process and kernel, and is also able to terminate processes with the highest privileges. Let me remind you that we also… Continue reading Genshin Impact Game’s Anti-Cheat Driver Is Used to Disable Antiviruses
Janet Jackson Song Killed Hard Drives on Old Laptops
Microsoft specialist Raymond Chen shared an interesting story from the Windows XP era on the blog: the music video for Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” negatively affects some 5400 rpm hard drives, causing their malfunction. Let me remind you that we also talked about a curios fact when it turned out that: Cellmate men’s chastity belts… Continue reading Janet Jackson Song Killed Hard Drives on Old Laptops
Critical Bug in Google Titan M Chip Netted Researchers $75,000
Quarkslab researchers published details of a critical bug they found in the Google Titan M chip earlier this year. Let me remind you that the Titan M, released in 2018, is a SoC (system-on-a-chip) designed exclusively for processing sensitive data and processes, such as Verified Boot, disk encryption, lock screen protection, secure transactions and much… Continue reading Critical Bug in Google Titan M Chip Netted Researchers $75,000
Microsoft fixes DogWalk bug as part of Patch Tuesday
Microsoft fixed more than 120 vulnerabilities this month, including the DogWalk bug, as part of the traditional “Update Tuesday”. Indeed, one of the most serious issues in the package was the DogWalk zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-34713, CVSS score 7.8), which leads to arbitrary code remote execution and is already under attack. In total, 121 vulnerabilities were… Continue reading Microsoft fixes DogWalk bug as part of Patch Tuesday
Antivirus scanner and anti-malware. What is the difference?
Antivirus, anti-malware software, antivirus scanner… There are so many terms, and all of them look so similar, but they’re different. It is easy to confuse the user who does not have any information about all these things. Thus, it is important to clear out these things in easy words. From a certain point of view,… Continue reading Antivirus scanner and anti-malware. What is the difference?