Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary An apparent large-scale supply chain compromise saw attackers hijack an npm maintainer account via a phishing…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the creator and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after being told to stop…
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the shutdown of its UK and overseas factories after a cyberattack forced the company to…
Plex Suffers Security Incident Exposing User Data and Urging Password Resets Summary Plex has notified customers of a security incident in which an unauthorised third party accessed one of its…
All 54 Lost Clickwheel iPod Games Have Been Preserved For Posterity Summary A community of retro iPod enthusiasts has completed a preservation project that consolidates all 54 official clickwheel iPod…
Warming Seas Threaten Key Phytoplankton Species That Fuels the Food Web Summary Research reported by the Associated Press and published in Nature Microbiology finds that Prochlorococcus — the smallest and…
Disposable Face Masks Used During Covid Have Left Chemical Timebomb Summary Researchers examined disposable face masks from the Covid period and found they leach microplastics and chemical contaminants as they…
Summary Signal has introduced an opt-in encrypted storage feature. All users are being offered 100MB of free storage for media (images, video, GIFs and other files) covering the prior 45…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-powered offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit, uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and open-source patches to automatically generate vulnerable test applications…
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary The former head of security for WhatsApp, Attaullah Baig, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the…
