Meta’s online ad library shows the company is hosting thousands of ads for AI-generated, NSFW companion or “girlfriend” apps on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. They promote chatbots offering sexually explicit images and text, using NSFW chat samples and AI images of partially clothed, unbelievably shaped, simulated women. Many of the virtual women seen in ads […]
Apr 10, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability A critical security flaw in the Rust standard library could be exploited to target Windows users and stage command injection attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity. That said, it only impacts scenarios where batch files are invoked on Windows with […]
The malicious code inserted into the open-source library XZ Utils, a widely used package present in major Linux distributions, is also capable of facilitating remote code execution, a new analysis has revealed. The audacious supply chain compromise, tracked as CVE-2024-3094 (CVSS score: 10.0), came to light last week when Microsoft engineer and PostgreSQL developer Andres […]
The British Library ransomware attack was likely caused by the compromise of third-party credentials coupled with no multifactor authentication (MFA) in place to stop the attackers, despite previous warnings about these risks. This is according to a British Library report that sheds new light on the October 2023 attack, which shut down digital services and […]
The first, CVE-2023-45139, involved a high-severity bug in the FontTools library. The second and third vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-25081 and CVE-2024-25082, were related to naming conventions and compression.
The British Library has begun restoring its online services as it continues to recover from last year’s ransomware attack. Sir Roly Keating, Chief Executive at the institution, confirmed in a blog post that the main British Library catalogue will return online on Monday, January 15. This includes details of its printed books, journals, maps, music […]
Last updated 16 January, 2024 Device Library Plus is a new database that as of now gets added to your USB stick or SD card whenever you export playlists from Rekordbox to DJ with, alongside the music files. In this article (and accompanying video), I’ll explain what it is, why it’s there, what you should […]
The British Library has refuted reports that the recovery costs for its recent ransomware attack will reach nearly $9 million. The library said that the final costs are still unconfirmed and no additional funding bids have been made.
A popular library in Ontario, Canada was forced to shut down most of its services this week due to a cyberattack — the latest library to face issues after hackers infiltrated its systems. The London Public Library, which services the Canadian city’s 422,000 residents, posted an alert on Wednesday afternoon warning that several branches would […]
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