Shakhtar Donetsk’s Ukrainian midfielder #10 Georgiy Sudakov (C) vies for the ball during the UEFA Champions League football match FC Shakhtar Donetsk vs BSC Young Boys in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on November 6, 2024. Hackers were recently found to be exploiting Jupyter notebooks to host illegal streams of this particular Champions League game. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) Attackers are hijacking Jupyter notebooks to host illegal Champions League streams Normally reserved for data analysis, a cybersecurity firm caught online content pirates hosting soccer matches. Nov 19, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
N. Korean hacker silhouette with North Korean Flag. (Getty Images) North Korean-linked hackers were caught experimenting with new macOS malware Researchers can’t tell if the malware was used in a campaign, or North Korean operatives were caught before they could deploy it in the wild. Nov 12, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media on July 1. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Biden administration nears completion of second cybersecurity executive order with plethora of agenda items Federal agencies would have to address everything from AI to cloud security to access management, sources told CyberScoop. Oct 31, 2024 By Tim Starks
A laptop user typing at their keyboard. (Getty Images) Malicious packages in open-source repositories are surging The open-source ecosystem is being overrun by malicious packages, a new report from Sonatype finds. Oct 10, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Close-up server detail with KVM switches. (Getty Images) Printer bug sends researchers into uproar, affects major Linux distros The vulns would allow attackers to run any commands on targeted computers without user knowledge. But it would take a lot of work to get to that… Sep 26, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Broken RGB screen close-up with a missing pixel on the bottom right. (Getty Images) Zero trust: How the ‘Jia Tan’ hack complicated open-source software The volunteers that maintain open-source software have always been knocked around by the tech community. The Jia Tan hack made it all so much worse. Aug 15, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
(Getty Images) White House to study open source software in critical infrastructure The Biden administration is looking to understand just how widespread open-source software is in critical infrastructure. Aug 9, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
A bridge at night. (Getty Images) Researchers uncover rare, difficult-to-exploit OpenSSH vulnerability The OpenSSH bug represents the latest high-profile vulnerability to affect the open-source software ecosystem. Jul 2, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Aisle with messy cables in a server room. (Getty Images) Six-year old bug will likely live forever in Lenovo, Intel products A report from Binarly finds that a silently patched bug in a popular web server will likely live on in several major end-of-life products. Apr 11, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
A man in blue clothing holds a mask behind his bask in this photo illustration. (Getty Images) Supply chain attack sends shockwaves through open-source community An operation to undermine the software utility XZ Utils has exposed the fragile human foundations on which the modern internet is built. Apr 5, 2024 By Christian Vasquez