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Experts found a remote-code execution flaw in SQLite

Security Affairs

Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered an use-after-free() vulnerability in SQLite that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute code on an affected device. Cisco Talos experts discovered an use-after-free() flaw in SQLite that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute code on an affected device. An attacker can trigger the flaw by sending a malicious SQL command to the vulnerable installs. “An exploitable use after free vulnerability exists in the window function

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Robert Mueller Won't Testify Next Week After All

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Facial recognition run amok, antivirus hacks, and more of the week's top security news.

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Over 100 flaws in management and access control systems expose buildings to hack

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Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities that expose buildings to cyber attacks. Security researcher Gjoko Krstic from Applied Risk discovered over 100 vulnerabilities in management and access control systems from four major vendors. An attacker can exploit the vulnerabilities to gain full control of the vulnerable products and access to the devices connected to them.

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Baltimore Robbinhood ransomware attack

Ascent Innovations

The post Baltimore Robbinhood ransomware attack appeared first on Ascent Innovations LLC.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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U.S. DoJ charges 9 individuals that stole $2.5M through SIM swapping

Security Affairs

The U.S. Department of Justice charged nine individuals connected to a hacking crew focused on identity theft and SIM swapping attacks. The U.S. DoJ announced charges against nine individuals, 6 members of a hacking group known as ‘The Community’ and 3 former employees of mobile phone providers. The latter group helped the hackers to steal roughly $2.5 million worth of the cryptocurrency through SIM Swapping attacks. “Six individuals connected to a hacking group known to its me

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Microsoft SharePoint CVE-2019-0604 flaw exploited in the wild

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According to researchers at AT&T Alien Labs, threat actors are attempting to exploit the CVE-2019-0604 Microsoft Sharepoint vulnerability in attacks in the wild. AlienLabs has seen a number of reports related to the active exploitation of the CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint. The CVE-2019-0604 vulnerability is a remote code execution flaw that is caused by the failure of SharePoint in verifying the source markup of an application package.

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Mayor Charles Evers, Mississippi 1969

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May 13th marks the 50th anniversary of the election of Charles Evers as mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, a victory which made Mr. Evers the state’s first African-American mayor of a racially diverse municipality.¹ The watershed 1969 campaign in Fayette came less than four years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , the landmark federal legislation which prohibits states from establishing local laws or practices which may “deny or abridge the right of any citiz