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BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well

Programmers are being urged to update their Rust versions after the security experts working on the language addressed a critical vulnerability that could lead to malicious command injections on Windows machines.…

Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs

Elon Musk's X has apparently fixed an embarrassing issue implemented earlier in the week that royally bungled URLs on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.…

Using threat intelligence to mitigate against security breaches

Webinar  There are some unhappy projections out there about the prevalence of third-party security breaches.…

Paying for browsers is no longer a memory from the 1990s

Cloud Next  Hoping to upsell freeloading corporate users of its Chrome browser, Google has announced Chrome Enterprise Premium – which comes with a dash of AI security sauce for just $6 per user per month.…

Plus: Adobe, SAP, Fortinet, VMware, Cisco issue pressing updates

Patch Tuesday  Microsoft fixed 149 security flaws in its own products this week, and while Redmond acknowledged one of those vulnerabilities is being actively exploited, we've been told another hole is under attack, too.…

Four fatal flaws allow TV takeover

A handful of bugs in LG smart TVs running WebOS could allow an attacker to bypass authorization and gain root access on the device.…

Many decide to make no changes after detecting a breach

UK businesses' response to security breaches has "astounded" experts following the release of the government's official cybercrime stats for 2024.…

Of course, it helps if you don't live in a potential disaster zone

US insurance companies are reportedly relying on aerial photos from drones to deny claims.…

SaaS slip up leads to scumbags seeking sinecure

Home Depot has confirmed that a third-party company accidentally exposed some of its employees' personal details after a criminal copy-pasted the data online.…

IT systems pulled offline for chance to paws and reflect

First, they came for hospitals, then it was charities and cancer centers. Now, cyber scumbags are coming for the puppies and kittens.…

Theories abound over who's truly responsible

Change Healthcare is allegedly being extorted by a second ransomware gang, mere weeks after recovering from an ALPHV attack.…

PLUS: Another local government hobbled by ransomware; Huge rise in infostealing malware; and critical vulns

In Brief  Protecting your privacy online is hard. So hard, in fact, that even a top Israeli spy who managed to stay incognito for 20 years has found himself exposed after one basic error.…

What happened, how it was found, and what your vultures have made of it all

Kettle  It's been about a week since the shock discovery of a hidden and truly sophisticated backdoor in the xz software library that ordinarily is used by countless systems.…