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Adobe Acrobat Reader has a serious security flaw — so patch now
Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, the go-to PDF reader for many of us, is vulnerable to a flow that allows threat actors to remotely run malicious code on the target device. The vulnerability is described as a “user after free” flaw, and is tracked as CVE-2024-41896. A “use after free” flaw happens…
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One small tweak gave researchers a powerful web domain ability that could prove incredibly useful for hackers
A cybersecurity researcher recently stumbled upon an Internet vulnerability allowing him to track people’s email, run code on servers, and even counterfeit HTTPS certificates – in fact, it gave him so many options, it has been described as having “superpowers”. The vulnerability is quite a simple one in nature –…
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Whodunnit: SK Hynix rejected $374 million advanced payment from Nvidia rival to ringfence HBM stock — and instead, Samsung competitor signed $749 billion dollar deal with Nvidia
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory maker (behind fellow South Korean chip giant Samsung), recently turned down a 500 billion won ($374 million) advance payment from an unnamed AI accelerator company to secure a dedicated high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production line. Instead, according to The Korea Economic Daily, SK Hynix has…
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More than half of VMware customers are reportedly looking to move following recent unrest
More research has come to light confirming that VMware customers, unhappy with the Broadcom takeover, are looking to move elsewhere. Analysis by cloud computing company Civo revealed that more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers are considering leaving the platform. The news comes around 10 months after Broadcom acquired VMware…
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Nevada plans to use Google AI to expedite unemployment benefits appeals
The Nevada state employment department has revealed it will be utilizing Artificial Intelligence to help speed up its unemployment appeals process by analyzing transcripts from appeal hearings and issuing a recommendation decision. The department reported it has been ‘buried’ in a backlog of claims since the start of the pandemic,…
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Chinese banking giant’s London HQ targeted by cybercriminals, threatening to leak millions of files
The London branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has suffered a ransomware attack that saw the hackers make off with plenty of sensitive data. A report from The Register, citing an announcement posted on the threat actor’s data leak site, says ICBC has until September 13…
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