New AI Jailbreak Method ‘Bad Likert Judge’ Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model’s (LLM) safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses.
The multi-turn (aka many-shot) attack strateg… Continue reading New AI Jailbreak Method ‘Bad Likert Judge’ Boosts Attack Success Rates by Over 60%

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NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT

Researchers discovered a malicious package on the npm package registry that resembles a library for Ethereum smart contract vulnerabilities but actually drops an open-source remote access trojan called Quasar RAT onto developer systems. Continue reading NPM Package Disguised as an Ethereum Tool Deploys Quasar RAT

Drastically Reduced Xiaomi Bootloader Unlock Policy Raises Questions Over Device Ownership

Xiaomi has further restricted bootloader unlocking to just one device per user per year, significantly hindering custom ROM development and reinforcing user dependence on its proprietary HyperOS ecosystem. Android Police reports: Roughly a year ago, Xi… Continue reading Drastically Reduced Xiaomi Bootloader Unlock Policy Raises Questions Over Device Ownership

LDAPNightmare PoC Exploit Crashes LSASS and Reboots Windows Domain Controllers

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a now-patched security flaw impacting Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) that could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
The out-of-bounds reads vulnerability is tracked a… Continue reading LDAPNightmare PoC Exploit Crashes LSASS and Reboots Windows Domain Controllers

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New ‘All-Optical’ Nanoscale Sensors of Force Access Previously Unreachable Environments

ZipNada shares a report from Phys.org: In a paper published today in Nature, a team led by Columbia Engineering researchers and collaborators report that they have invented new nanoscale sensors of force. They are luminescent nanocrystals that can chan… Continue reading New ‘All-Optical’ Nanoscale Sensors of Force Access Previously Unreachable Environments

Critical Deadline: Update Old .NET Domains Before January 7, 2025 to Avoid Service Disruption

Microsoft has announced that it’s making an “unexpected change” to the way .NET installers and archives are distributed, requiring developers to update their production and DevOps infrastructure.
“We expect that most users will not be directly affected… Continue reading Critical Deadline: Update Old .NET Domains Before January 7, 2025 to Avoid Service Disruption

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