Tuesday Microsoft published two out-of-band security updates to patch two vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, reports ZDNet: Tracked as CVE-2020-1425 & CVE-2020-1457, the two bugs only impact Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 distributions… Microsoft said the two security flaws can be exploited with the help of a specially crafted image file. If…
Divers Find Evidence of Prehistoric Mining Operation in North America
Iwastheone shared this article from CBS News: Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent. Ancient skeletons were found in the narrow, twisting labyrinths of now-submerged sinkhole caves… The discovery of remains of human-set fires, stacked mining debris, simple stone tools, navigational…
Hackers are trying to steal admin passwords from F5 BIG-IP devices
Threat actors have already started exploiting the F5 BIG-IP mega-bug, three days after it was disclosed. …read more Source:: ZDNet
A Word Clock You Don’t Have To Actually Build To Enjoy
The great thing about word clocks is that while they all follow the same principle of spelling out the time for you, they come in so many shapes, sizes, and other variations, you have plenty of options to build one yourself. No matter if your craft of choice involves woodworking, laser cutting, PCB design, or…
Halfway Through ISS Mission, NASA Astronauts Anticipate Their Ride Back to Earth
“They’ve been up there about a month now, floating around on the International Space Station, keeping tabs on their ride home,” reports the Washington Post: “Certainly, the highlight for both Doug and I was the initial arrival at space station, coming through the hatch again and being on board after several years of working on…
Is Our Technology Literally Changing Our Brains?
Nicholas Carr authored The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains back in 2010. This week he offered an up-to-date assessment in his newest interview with Vox co-founder Ezra Klein. “The point of this conversation is not that the internet is bad, nor that it is good,” Klein writes. “It’s that it is…
A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT – CNET
A space rock reportedly causes a sonic boom as it crashes into our atmosphere over Japan. …read more Source:: CNet
Former Yahoo Engineer Who Infiltrated 6,000 Accounts Avoids Jail
This week finally saw the federal sentencing of a former Yahoo software engineer who “admitted to using his access through his work at the company to hack into about 6,000 Yahoo accounts” back in 2018, according to America’s Department of Justice: Ruiz admitted to targeting accounts belonging to younger women, including his personal friends and…
Curb Your Enthusiasm head Jeff Schaffer learned a key rule of comedy from Sasha Baron Cohen – CNET
The creator of The League also discusses his show Dave, which stars comedian and rapper Lil Dicky, plus Brews Brothers on Netflix and the story behind the Festivus pole on Seinfeld. …read more Source:: CNet
The Cheap Way to Glitch an STM8 Microcontroller
Reverse engineering or modifying a device often requires you to access the firmware stored on a microcontroller. Since companies are usually not fond of people who try to peek into their proprietary data, most commercial devices are readout protected. [rumpeltux] ran into this problem when he tried to dump the firmware on an HC-12 wireless…
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