<!–> Qualys As security holes go, CVE-2023-4911, aka “Looney Tunables,” isn’t horrid. It has a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 7.8, which is ranked as important, not critical. On the other hand, this GNU C Library’s (glibc) dynamic loader vulnerability is a buffer overflow, which is always big trouble, and it’s in pretty […] More
<!–> DNY59/Getty Images How many times do you copy a link that you want to share with others, only to find out – when you paste that link in a message or to a social media post – that the link is 12 miles long and filled with a metric ton of tracking information? Also: […] More
<!–> matejmo/Getty Images BastionZero‘s OpenPubkey, which is a new cryptographic protocol that’s designed to fortify the open-source software ecosystem, is now a Linux Foundation open-source project. Docker is also integrating OpenPubkey, so that you can use it for container signing. This innovative cryptographic technology promises enhanced security through zero-trust passwordless authentication. OpenPubkey provides this authentication […] More
<!–> zf L/Getty Images With some organizations moving ahead to adopt generative artificial intelligence (AI), it is critical they do so while mitigating potential risks and with some level of skepticism. As it is, 45% of businesses are currently piloting generative AI, while 10% already have such tools in production, revealed a Gartner study released […] More
<!–> Tim Robberts/Getty Images Google and Yahoo are upping their efforts in the fight against bulk email spam. Starting in early 2024, both companies will kick off new and stricter requirements for bulk senders who use their platforms to send mass emails. On Tuesday, Google and Yahoo both published blog posts outlining the new rules […] More
June Wan/ZDNET I’ve been using the Pixel phones since they were first released to the public. From the first phone to the latest, the experience has (for the most part) been exceptional. Also: Every product unveiled at the Made by Google event today Yes, there was the dreaded Pixel 4 and it’s shamelessly bad battery life […] More
<!–> JanRoode/Getty Images Microsoft’s proprietary protocol, Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS), started with a good idea. It would enable hardware vendors to add networking support to USB devices without having to build them from scratch. There was only one little problem. RNDIS has no security to speak of. As Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux Foundation […] More
David Gewirtz/ZDNET Programming is a constant game of mental Jenga: one line of code stacked upon another, building a tower of code you hope is robust enough not to come crashing down. But it always does, as code never works the first time it’s run. So, one of the key skills for any programmer is […] More
