Tag: vulnerabilities

Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion

Getty Images Researchers on Wednesday reported critical vulnerabilities in a widely used networking appliance that

By Mike Powers

GPT-4 is able to autonomously exploit vulnerabilities, study shows

At least once a week, generative AI finds a new way to terrify us. We

By Mike Powers

(*15*): when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87% of the vulnerabilities, compared to 0% for every other model tested (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Researchers: when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87%

By Mike Powers

Critical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation

Getty Images Hackers are actively exploiting a pair of recently discovered vulnerabilities to remotely commandeer

By Mike Powers

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

Ultimately, Scott argues that those three years of code changes and polite emails were likely

By Mike Powers

VMware forced to patch dangerous vulnerabilities in discontinued products

Facepalm: VM hypervisors are specifically designed to isolate a guest operating system from the host.

By Mike Powers

Here Are the Google and Microsoft Security Updates You Need Right Now

CVE-2024-1553 and CVE-2024-1557 are memory-safety bugs rated as having a high severity. “Some of these

By Mike Powers

Consumer Reports finds dangerous security vulnerabilities in cheap doorbell cameras

Facepalm: Consumer Reports delivers investigative reports and tests mass-manufactured products, providing advice and documentation on

By Mike Powers