Hackers Abuse Cloudflare WARP To Hijack Cloud Services
https://cybersecuritynews.com/cloudflare-warp-hijack/
Recently, several campaigns have been observed using Cloudflareâs WARP service to target susceptible internet-facing services.
The primary advantage of utilizing Cloudflare WARP for an attacker is probably the increased anonymity it provides and the decreased suspicion surrounding traffic associated with Cloudflare.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622251
Adobe exec compared Creative Cloud cancellation fees to âheroinâ
General counsel Dana Rao says a newly unredacted copy of the FTCâs complaint against Adobe for hidden fees and complicated cancellation flows isnât all that itâs made out to be.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622220
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X hits nearly 6 GHz, tops single-core performance charts
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-hits-nearly-6-ghz-tops-single-core-performance-charts
AMD has announced the postponement of the Ryzen 9000 launch due to undisclosed manufacturing issues. The company plans to recall units sent to distributors and replace them with new ones. It is unclear whether the issue affects performance or has any effect on even earlier units, such as engineering samples often used by motherboard makers and overclockers.
The Ryzen 9 9950X is a 16-core Zen5 processor with a 5.7 GHz max boost and a default TDP of 170W, the highest among all Granite Ridge SKUS. It is unclear how much this power setting has been increased in the case of the following sample.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622189
Archaeologist Found Someone Never Expected in Ancient Chinese Tomb: a Blonde Man
A Tang dynasty tomb decorated with colorful murals is providing a new glimpse into daily life in China during the 8th century. Most interestingly, the murals show signs of Western influence, particularly the inclusion of a blond, bearded figure.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622162
Heaviest element yet within reach after major breakthrough
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02416-3
Success with a new route to producing superheavy elements paves the way to making the elusive element 120.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622120
Vitalik Buterin introduces Circle STARKs for blockchain efficiency
https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-introduces-circle-starks-blockchain-efficiency
Buterin reveals Circle STARKs, a breakthrough protocol enhancing blockchain security and efficiency through small-field cryptography.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622106
CISA Warns of Exploitable Vulnerabilities in Popular BIND 9 DNS Software
https://thehackernews.com/2024/07/cisa-warns-of-exploitable.html?m=1
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released patches to address multiple security vulnerabilities in the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 9 Domain Name System (DNS) software suite that could be exploited to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622032
How to Use Python in Hacking
https://tcm-sec.com/how-to-use-python-in-hacking/
Newcomers to cybersecurity often ask, âDo I need to code to be able to work in cybersecurity?â The short answer is no, but it helps. If you decide to pursue a cybersecurity career, your ability to code will play a critical role in whether or not you can successfully detect an adversary, compromise a client domain, or discover and exploit a vulnerability in a product.
If you are undecided about learning programming, Python stands out as an approachable and effective tool for the cybersecurity practitioner. If youâre still on the fence about learning Python, this article explains the capabilities it adds to your arsenal as a cybersecurity professional, empowering you to take control of your tasks and projects.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/622021
Security Firm Discovers Remote Worker Is Really a North Korean Hacker
https://www.pcmag.com/news/security-firm-discovers-remote-worker-is-really-a-north-korean-hacker
Security awareness company KnowBe4 noticed something was fishy when the employee's company-issued Mac began loading malware.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621969
Docker fixes critical 5-year old authentication bypass flaw
Docker has issued security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting certain versions of Docker Engine that could allow an attacker to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under certain circumstances.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621950
Hamster Kombatâs 250 million players targeted in malware attacks
Threat actors are taking advantage of the massive popularity of the Hamster Kombat game, targeting players with fake Android and Windows software that install spyware and information-stealing malware.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621916
Mercury has a layer of diamond 10 miles thick, NASA spacecraft finds
https://www.space.com/mercury-diamond-layer-10-miles-thick-nasa-messenger
NASA's MESSENGER mission has revealed that Mercury, the solar system's tiniest planet and the closest to the sun, hides a big secret.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621899
Nuclear fusion prototype will be 'UK's Nasa moment'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80e86d1kl3o
A nuclear fusion energy plant being built in Nottinghamshire has been described as the "UK's Nasa moment" as it races to become the first of its type in the world.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621892
Patched Microsoft Defender flaw being used to deliver info-stealing malware
A high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is being used to deliver information-stealing malware in Spain, Thailand, and the U.S., security researchers say. The researchers discovered the stealer campaign using booby-trapped files to exploit the vulnerability and deliver information stealers such as ACR Stealer, Lumma, and Meduza.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621884
Memorandum on the Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621703
How to Build a Quantum Artificial Intelligence Model â With Python Code Examples
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-a-quantum-ai-model/
In ML, deep learning is a narrow area focused solely on neural networks. Through the field of deep learning, systems like ChatGPT and many other AI models can be created. In other words, ChatGPT is just a giant system based on neural networks.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621688
Netflix Open-Sources its Secret Sauce to Meet The Demands Of its Platform
https://news.itsfoss.com/netflix-maestro-open-source/
Every company relies on some form of workflow organization, where they devise a mechanism or tool that helps them utilize the resources to the best of their ability, meet customer demands, facilitate easy software development, and more.
Not just big companies like Netflix, but every company has its unique set of problems and ideas to handle them. So, there is never a "one solution fits all" approach here.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621675
OpenAI offers free GPT-4o Mini fine-tuning to counter Metaâs Llama 3.1 release
OpenAI has intensified the AI arms race by announcing free fine-tuning for its GPT-4o Mini model, just hours after Meta launched its open-source Llama 3.1 model.
While OpenAI had teased the imminent arrival of customization features in last weekâs GPT-4o Mini announcement, the timing of this release couldnât have been more perfectâor more pointed. Just hours after Meta released its Llama 3.1 model, OpenAI fired back with its own offering. Coincidence? Perhaps. But in the high-stakes competition for AI dominance, such precise moves rarely happen by chance.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621669
US, Canada Jets Intercept China, Russia Planes Near Alaska
https://www.barrons.com/news/us-canada-jets-intercept-china-russia-planes-near-alaska-dd6385aa
American and Canadian warplanes intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers in international airspace near the state of Alaska on Wednesday, the joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621661
IBM gets lift from software, AI demand as consulting slips
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-201249343.html
IBM beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter revenue and raised its annual growth forecast for its software business on Wednesday, riding on higher AI-linked spending by clients looking to adopt the technology.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/621539