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Schneier on Security Aug 24 Score 0.868011362037037

Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley

Interesting paper : Abstract: With entrepreneurial fraud cases on the rise, we investigate how entrepreneurs carry out criminal deception , employing deceptive means to defraud audiences. Analyzing court data from Silicon Valley ventures and their founders pro

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BleepingComputer Aug 24 Score 0.8106785046296296

Unpatched Calix flaw lets hackers bypass NAT to expose internal devices

An unpatched vulnerability in Calix GS7 XGS (GS5239XG) residential routers used by multiple U.S. broadband providers allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to create port-forwarding rules that can expose local network devices to the public internet. [...]

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BleepingComputer Aug 24 Score 0.8076794305555556

Hackers target WordPress sites in miniOrange auth bypass attacks

Hackers are attempting to exploit two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin for WordPress that can be used to forge SAML responses and log in as administrators. [...]

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BleepingComputer Aug 24 Score 0.8051757268518519

TikTok reaches $400M settlement with US over COPPA violations

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated companies over allegations that they violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). [...]

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BleepingComputer Aug 24 Score 0.7986178564814815

Microsoft Teams now lets admins block external bots from meetings

Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy that allows administrators to automatically block all identified external bots from joining Teams meetings. [...]

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Aug 24 Score 0.7952756226851853

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation.   CVE-2026-21962 Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in Improper Access Control Vulnerability This t

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SANS Internet Storm Center Aug 24 Score 0.7875885833333334

DOUBLECUP's PNG Payload, (Mon, Aug 24th)

New malware that uses steganography always gets my attention, but I was disappointed when I looked at the latest DOUBLECUP write-up. It doesn't use real steganography:

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Schneier on Security Aug 21 Score 0.7654794175925925

Friday Squid Blogging: Neon Flying Squid

The neon flying squid can fly in formation. The shoal of about 100 squid rose unexpectedly from a patch of the Pacific Ocean around 370 miles from Tokyo and glided near the boat for about 30 metres. The astonished researchers were the first to capture photogra

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Schneier on Security Aug 21 Score 0.7583821953703702

AI Is Learning to Write Genetic Code

This sort of research is both exciting and terrifying: The two models in question were told to generate complete genomes for a viable bacteriophage—a type of virus able to infect and replicate itself inside bacteria, destroying them from the inside. Usin

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Schneier on Security Aug 21 Score 0.7464581212962962

More Incidents of AIs Going Rogue in Cybersecurity Challenges

The AI Security Institute has a new report of AI systems engaging in "unsanctioned behavior"—what I have been calling " genie behavior —while being tested on their cybersecurity capabilities. The incident stemmed from a single evaluation where agen

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CyberScoop Aug 24 Score 0.7382516111111112

SCOTUS tosses one of two injunctions against Trump USPS mail-in ballot rules

The 6-3 decision dismisses one lawsuit brought by states, saying they have no standing to sue because the disputed sections “neither requires nor forbids anything of anyone outside the executive branch.” The post SCOTUS tosses one of two injunctions against Tr

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