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Perplexity's Comet browser naively processed pages with evil instructions
To the surprise of no one in the security industry, processing untrusted, unvalidated input is a bad idea.…
Opinionated Arch derivative CachyOS overtakes Mint and MX on DistroWatch
CachyOS bills itself as a Blazingly Fast & Customizable Linux distribution and that seems to be winning it friends. In the last month, it's the number one distro on the popularity chart on the widely-used DistroWatch comparison site.…
FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure
The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices to snoop around in American critical infrastructure networks and collect information on industrial systems.…
GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won't be around for long
The Trump administration just launched a detailed, AI-pushing platform for federal agencies last week, but a government leader is already promising to kill it. …
Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist
The UK's Plessey Semiconductors has been acquired by Haylo Labs, using funding supplied by a Chinese company, Goertek Inc. The move was cleared by the British government.…
Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven
Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.…
'Limited' data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details
Aussie telco giant TPG Telecom has opened an investigation after confirming a cyberattack at subsidiary iiNet.…
GlobalFoundries inks domestic chipmaking deal with Cirrus Logic
Texas fabless chip firm Cirrus Logic has announced a new partnership with GlobalFoundries on next-generation bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) and gallium nitride (GaN) parts.…
Google tweaks Play Store fees to keep Euro watchdogs at bay
Google has announced changes to its Play Store rules in an effort to appease the European Commission and dodge Digital Markets Act (DMA) fines.…
Space industry frets as UKSA set for bureaucratic re-entry
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is set to join the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in an effort to "cut red tape" and, presumably, save some cash.…