‘Five Eyes’ Agencies Demand Reignites Encryption Debate

Privacy and human rights organizations expressed concern Tuesday after a coalition of intelligence agencies renewed a call for technology companies to allow so-called “backdoor” access to encrypted content and devices.

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Thousands of 3D Printers Exposed to Remote Attacks

Malicious actors could take control of thousands of 3D printers that can be accessed directly from the Internet without requiring any authentication.

According to the SANS Internet Storm Center, a Shodan search reveals over 3,700 instances of OctoPrint interfaces exposed to the Web, including nearly 1,600 in the United States.

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Third-Party Patch Released for Windows Zero-Day

A patch is available for a <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #0563c1; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; -webkit-text-decor

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Critical Vulnerability Patched in PHP Package Repository

A critical remote code execution vulnerability was recently addressed in packagist.org<span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparen

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Critical Apache Struts Vulnerability Exploited in Live Attacks

A Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Struts 2 that was patched last week is already being abused in malicious attacks, threat intelligence firm Volexity warns.

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Exploit Published for Windows Task Scheduler Zero-Day

Details of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system were made public on Monday, via Twitter. 

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Exploit for Recent Critical Apache Struts Vulnerability Published

Exploit code for a <span style="color: #0563c1; background-color:

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Oath Pays Over $1 Million in Bug Bounties

As part of its unified bug bounty program, online publishing giant Oath has paid over $1 million in rewards for verified bugs, the company announced this week.

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Intel Simplifies Microcode Update License Following Complaints

Intel has made significant changes to the license for its latest CPU microcode updates after users complained that the previous version banned benchmarks and comparison tests.

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Severe Flaws Found in Yokogawa Switches, Control Systems

Japanese electrical engineering company Yokogawa published two security advisories last week to inform customers that some of its products are affected by serious vulnerabilities.

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