November 18, 2024 at 03:41PM A critical flaw in the Really Simple Security WordPress plug-in, affecting over 4 million sites, allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative access. Rated 9.8 on the CVSS scale, the vulnerability has been patched in version 9.1.2. Users are urged to confirm updates to protect their sites. ### Meeting … Read more
February 17, 2024 at 06:46AM Computer scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have shown that large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 can be weaponized to autonomously compromise vulnerable websites. Their agents demonstrated the ability to perform complex tasks without prior knowledge of the vulnerabilities, raising concerns about the potential for autonomous hacks by highly … Read more
November 9, 2023 at 05:26PM Notorious cloud hacks between 2020 and 2022 could have been prevented by faster detection and response, according to research by Mohamed Shaaban at Sysdig. The study examined six major cloud security incidents and found that attackers are becoming more advanced in their use of automated tools. Sysdig has proposed the … Read more