Failures in Face Recognition

Interesting article on people with nonstandard faces and how facial recognition systems fail for them. Some of those living with facial differences tell WIRED they have undergone multiple surgeries and experienced stigma for their entire lives, which is now being echoed by the technology they are...

Future-Proofing Business Continuity: BCDR Trends and Challenges for 2025

As IT environments grow more complex, IT professionals are facing unprecedented pressure to secure business-critical data. With hybrid work the new standard and cloud adoption on the rise, data is increasingly distributed across different environments, providers and locations, expanding the attac...

Ransomware Attacks Exploit VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities in Alarming Pattern

Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi infrastructure follow an established pattern regardless of the file-encrypting malware deployed, new findings show. "Virtualization platforms are a core component of organizational IT infrastructure, yet they often suffer from inherent misconfigurations an...

The vulnerability of Microprogrammed Software Sources for APC Smart-UPS battery backup systems of the SMT, SMC, SMTL, SCL, SMX series is related to errors in processing TLS packets. This vulnerability allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of Microprogrammed Software Sources for APC Smart-UPS battery backup systems of the SMT, SMC, SMTL, SCL, and SMX series is related to errors in processing TLS packets. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2013-6211

Unspecified vulnerability in HP StoreOnce Virtual Storage Appliance VSA before 3.7.2, StoreOnce 26xx and 4210 iSCSI Backup System before 3.9.0, StoreOnce 4210 FC Backup System before 3.9.0, and StoreOnce 4xxx Backup System before 3.9.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or...

CVE-2013-6211

Unspecified vulnerability in HP StoreOnce Virtual Storage Appliance VSA before 3.7.2, StoreOnce 26xx and 4210 iSCSI Backup System before 3.9.0, StoreOnce 4210 FC Backup System before 3.9.0, and StoreOnce 4xxx Backup System before 3.9.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or...

Malware Infects Two Power Plants Lacking Basic Security Controls

During the past three months, unnamed malware infected two power plants’ control systems using unprotected USB drives as an attack vector. At both companies, a lack of basic security controls made it much easier for the malicious code to reach critical networks. In one instance, according to a...

Ubuntu 4.10 : zip vulnerability (USN-18-1)

HexView discovered a buffer overflow in the zip package. The overflow is triggered by creating a ZIP archive of files with very long path names. This vulnerability might result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who calls zip. This flaw may lead to privilege escalation...