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Cybersecurity researchers weaponized Layave app_keys, which are leaking Laravel App_Keys, to discover serious security issues that allow hundreds of applications to gain remote code execution capabilities. “Laravel’s App_Key, essential for encrypting sensitive data, is often published (on GitHub, for example),” Gitguardian says. “If an attacker accesses this key, it can take advantage of the flaws in agility to execute arbitrary code on the server. It can put data and infrastructure at risk.” The company said it could work with Synacktiv to extract over 260,000 App_Keys from Github from 2018 to May 30, and identify over 600 Laravel applications in the…
Simple factsName: kākāpō (strigops habroptila), also known as the owl parrotWhere it lives: Corafish, Maud, off the coast of New Zealand in Little Barrier IslandsWhat it eats: Carcapo is vegetarian. Their diet varies depending on the season and includes tubers, fruits, seeds, leaf buds, young plant buds, fungi and moss.The first thing you notice about Kākāpō is a type of large, non-flying parrot that can only be found in New Zealand – how rounded they are.They have loving heads and bodies, owl-like faces and sturdy legs, and they are the largest of all modern parrots. Men can be up to…
New research suggests that it may have been engraved at the dawn of the First Dynasty by 5,100 years ago.The sculpture depicts a boat that may be a royal figure within it, but only the person’s head and right shoulder are visible. The sculptures are specifically similar to ancient Egyptian rock panels from the Protozoic period and the early First Dynasty. This is an era that is not well known to archaeologists. These similarities suggest that new sculptures may hold clues regarding the formation of the Egyptian state.”Boats are one of the most frequently repeated motifs in Egyptian iconography,” said…
Cybersecurity and data privacy are always in the news. The government has passed a new cybersecurity law. Companies are investing in cybersecurity management, including firewalls, encryption, and awareness training at the record level.Still, people are based on data privacy.In 2024, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported that businesses had sent 1.3 billion notifications to victims of data breaches. This is more than three times the notifications sent in the previous year. Despite the growing efforts, it is clear that personal data breaches continue as well as accelerating. You might like it What can you do about this situation? Many people…
There is an old-fashioned crisis management strategy where you say nothing and wait for your anger to pass. For Sequoia Capital, this strategy worked pretty well this week. Partner Sean Maguire initially weathered criticism of inflammatory social media posts, but that first digging quickly cooled. Now, some seem to think that Maguire’s rebellious attitude may strengthen his position. Business Insider actually called it “good for trading flow.” It is a controversy as a competitive advantage. However, there are real risks to Sequoia’s calculated gambling. Another provocative post from Maguire, colliding with the wrong nerve, political wind change, or escalating outcomes,…
According to The Verge, Openai’s contract to acquire Viral AI Coding Startup Windsurf for $3 billion. With a shocking twist, Google Deepmind currently employs Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of the top researchers at startups. A Google spokesman confirmed the employment of Windsurf leaders in a statement to TechCrunch. “We welcome the talent in top AI coding from Windsurf to Google Deepmind to work on agent coding,” Google spokesman Chris Pappas said in an email to TechCrunch. In particular, Google has not acquired any shares in Windsurf and has no control over the company. However, as…
Firefly Aerospace brings orbital ambitions to the open market. Carved into this year’s successes, including the historic commercial moonlanding, the company submitted a formal declaration to regulators on Friday, detailing its IPO plans. The S-1 document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not reveal the number of shares offered and the number of price ranges, but it looks at the company’s financial and governance plans widely. This means that the final evaluation is still decided. Firefly is heading for its first public offering, worth $176.9 million in cash and cash. Additionally, despite negative cash flows and losses…
Paragon, an Israeli spyware company that claims to operate as an “ethical” surveillance vendor, faced scrutiny earlier this year when Italy was arrested using Paragon’s tools to spy on the phones of two journalists. Paragon responded by separating Italy from its surveillance products, becoming the first spyware company to reveal one of its customers following product misuse. Now, Paragon may face a new ethical dilemma. That’s whether the ice agent can use that spyware. The $2 million one-year contract Paragon signed with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in September 2024 is still under review and has not yet been…
According to Bloomberg News, Tesla is ready to start selling electric vehicles in India. The company is about to open its first showroom in Mumbai, and delivery can begin as early as August, according to the report. Hours after Bloomberg published the report, Tesla created a special account for its Indian business on CEO Elon Musk’s social media platform X. So far, I have one post on my account. There is an illustration of the Mumbai skyline with the caption. Tesla is being pushed up to many new markets as it is running out of existing markets with its aging…
Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years with the influx of AI coding tools such as Cursor and Github Copilot. This promises to increase productivity by automatically writing lines of code, creating bug fixes, and testing changes automatically. The tool is powered by AI models from Openai, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and Xai, and has rapidly improved performance in recent software engineering tests. However, a new study published Thursday by the non-profit AI research group Metr raises questions about the extent to which today’s AI coding tools increase productivity for experienced developers. METR recruited 16 experienced open source developers…