August 13, 2024 at 06:42AM Elon Musk’s interview with Donald Trump on the X social media platform was disrupted by technical issues and a suspected cyberattack. Musk tweeted about a DDOS attack, but did not provide further details. Speculation arose whether it was caused by an overwhelming audience or a nation-state attack. Trump’s campaign also … Read more
April 10, 2024 at 06:42AM X’s recent bug resulted in Twitter.com links being auto-changed to X.com, posing security risks and potential abuse. The feature had inadvertently masked malicious links as legitimate ones. X has since reversed the issue, but the incident highlighted a significant oversight. Notably, X has not publicly addressed the matter, raising concerns. … Read more
October 12, 2023 at 06:33AM Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that disguises itself as a WordPress plugin in order to gain control over compromised websites. The malware is capable of creating administrator accounts, remotely controlling the site, altering content, injecting spam links, and redirecting visitors to malicious sites. It is difficult to … Read more
October 10, 2023 at 03:06AM A security flaw in the libcue library affects GNOME Linux systems, allowing remote code execution (RCE) when a user downloads a malicious .cue file. The vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) is caused by memory corruption in libcue versions 2.2.1 and earlier. Detailed technical information has been withheld to give users time to update. … Read more