This Week in Security: PHP Attack Defused, Scoreboard Manipulation, and Tillitis

If you use PHP, you likely use the Composer tool for managing dependencies, at least indirectly. And the good folks at SonarSource found a nasty, potential supply chain attack in …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: PHP Attack Defused, Scoreboard Manipulation, and Tillitis

This Week in Security: Exchange 0-day, Doppelgangers, And Python Gets Bit in the TAR

According to researchers at GTSC, there’s an unpatched 0-day being used in-the-wild to exploit fully patched Microsoft Exchange servers. When they found one compromised server, they made the report to …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Exchange 0-day, Doppelgangers, And Python Gets Bit in the TAR

This Week in Security: Malwarebytes Goes Nuts, Uber

I got a rude awakening Wednesday morning this week. HaD writers don’t necessarily keep normal hours — don’t judge. A local client called, complaining that Google Maps was blocking on …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Malwarebytes Goes Nuts, Uber

What’s Old is New Again: GPT-3 Prompt Injection Attack Affects AI

What do SQL injection attacks have in common with the nuances of GPT-3 prompting? More than one might think, it turns out. Many security exploits hinge on getting user-supplied data …read more Continue reading What’s Old is New Again: GPT-3 Prompt Injection Attack Affects AI

This Week in Security: 11,000 Gas Stations, TrustZone Hacks Kernel, and Unexpected Fuzzing Finds

Automated Tank Gauges (ATGs) are nifty bits of tech, sitting unseen in just about every gas station. They keep track of fuel levels, temperature, and other bits of information, and …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: 11,000 Gas Stations, TrustZone Hacks Kernel, and Unexpected Fuzzing Finds

2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Black Beast Will Help You Survive a Robot Apocalypse

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With AI systems getting smarter every day, one might wonder if they might someday evolve into a sentient Skynet-like system and try to take over the world. We’re not sure …read more Continue reading 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Black Beast Will Help You Survive a Robot Apocalypse