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Google’s Shift to Rust Programming Cuts Android Memory Vulnerabilities by 52%

Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years.
The tech giant said focusing on Safe Coding for new features not only reduces the overall security risk of a codebase, but also makes the switch

Google sees 68% drop in Android memory safety flaws over 5 years

The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years. […]

CISA: Hackers target industrial systems using “unsophisticated methods”

CISA warned today of threat actors trying to breach critical infrastructure networks by targeting Internet-exposed industrial devices using “unsophisticated” methods like brute force attacks and default credentials. […]

Cyber Founder Recipe for Success: Clear Vision and Trusted Experts

A clear, consistent vision, along with reliable experts, are the two essential ingredients for startup founders to achieve success—both in cyber and beyond.

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Tamnoon Raises $12 Million for Cloud Security Remediation Service

Tamnoon has raised $12 million in Series A funding for its Managed Cloud Security Remediation service.

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The “Llama” is freed: Winamp goes open source after 27 years

The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May to go open-source and has now published its complete source code on GitHub. […]

Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernizing the player

The iconic Winamp media player has fulfilled a promise made in May to go open-source and has now published its complete source code on GitHub. […]

Mozilla Faces Privacy Complaint for Enabling Tracking in Firefox Without User Consent

Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users’ consent.
“Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites,” noyb said

AI Security Firm Shows How Threat Actors Could Abuse Google Gemini for Workspace

HiddenLayer has discovered that Google Gemini for Workspace is prone to indirect prompt injection attacks.

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Hacker Conversations: Joe Grand – MischiefMaker, TroubleMaker, Teacher

Joe Grand is the epitome of a hacker. Childhood curiosity followed by mischief-making tipping over into illegal behavior before developing into a responsible good faith hacker.

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