Simpson Manufacturing shuts down IT systems after cyberattack

October 11, 2023 at 09:59AM Simpson Manufacturing, a leading American building and structural materials producer, disclosed a cybersecurity incident via an SEC filing. The company detected IT problems and application outages caused by a cyberattack, leading them to take impacted systems offline. The disruption in business operations is expected to continue as remediation efforts are … Read more

October 9, 2023 at 04:11PM – ‘Looney Tunables’ Linux Flaw Sees Snowballing Proof-of-Concept Exploits

October 9, 2023 at 04:11PM Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) have been developed, putting Linux systems at risk. The flaw, disclosed by Qualys researchers, could lead to unauthorized data access and system alterations, potentially granting attackers root privileges. Linux root takeovers are highly dangerous as … Read more