CPUs have been getting faster and more powerful with every generation, but some shortcuts that improve speed have also proven to be security flaws. Three new CPU attacks were recently discovered, although they're tough to pull off.

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Shellshock was a software bug in 2014 that affected Bash, a command shell and language used on nearly all Linux and Unix systems, and allowed for the complete takeover of thousands of machines.

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Ransomware is a growing problem that puts many organizations in a tough position, opinions vary on whether a ransom should be paid or not. This is the story of one school that paid to up prevent a huge data leak.

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The most famous hacker in the world, Kevin Mitnick, passed away last week, July 16th 2023. This is a brief retelling of why he was just so infamous.

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AO3 was recently DDoSed and taken offline by a hacktivist extremist Sudanese group... or at least it seems by the name, but further investigation suggests a different origin.

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Mastodon is a decentralized social media platform that allows users to join servers suited to their interests and desires. However, in a recent pen test multiple vulnerabilities were revealed that could be detrimental to unpatched instances.

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A lot of our fears with malware involve being spied on, but it doesn't take a master hacker to spy on you. LetMeSpy was an app that could be unknowingly downloaded on your device and now that it's breached your private conversations may be public.

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Everyone and their mom has heard of ChatGPT, and it is becoming necessary to address it's massive growth. I'll go over some of the basic risks generative AI brings to security.

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MOVEit is a file transfer software that's been in the news for all the wrong reasons, so what exactly happened with it? Who is impacted? Who is responsible? Find out today.

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Public key cryptography is a huge part of securing internet communications as a whole, and the scary thing is one wrong implementation in the software behind it can expose countless data. This occurred in 2014 with the Heartbleed bug.

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