US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims
The U.S. government has confirmed that multiple federal agencies have fallen victim to cyberattacks exploiting a security vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool. In a statement shared with TechCrunch, CISA confirmed that “several” U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer,
Read MoreA simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems
U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems. Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found the vulnerability in Eaton’s SecureConnect, a cloud-based system that allows customers to remotely access, manage, and arm and
Read MoreA simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems
U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems. Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found the vulnerability in Eaton’s SecureConnect, a cloud-based system that allows customers to remotely access, manage, and arm and
Read MoreMusk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes
In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped
Read MoreIntroducing Segment-Lidar: Revolutionizing Unsupervised Instance Segmentation of Aerial LiDAR Data
The beginning of your journey into the world of advanced geospatial analysisPhoto by Joshua Aragon on UnsplashIn the ever-evolving field of geospatial analysis, the processing of aerial LiDAR data has always presented unique challenges. Extracting valuable insights and actionable information from vast volumes of point cloud data requires advanced techniques and
Read MoreAnother vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer found, admins urged to disable web access
Progress Software, developer of the compromised MOVEit file transfer tool, is urging IT managers to temporarily disable direct internet access to the application after a new vulnerability was found and news of more hacked organizations emerge. On Thursday, Progress said a critical vulnerability — which had yet to be given
Read MoreThe Overflow #182: Self-healing code
Welcome to ISSUE #182 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: how to make sure the tools you buy get used, when math got imagination, and why a string pointer error grew to two billion
Read MoreFeds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of carrying out five cyberattacks between August 2020
Read MoreCyber Security Today, June 16, 2023 – Beware of fake profiles on GitHub, and are you an optimist or pessimist CISO?
Beware of fake profiles on GitHub, and are you an optimist or pessimist CISO? Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, June 16th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Some people worry about hackers using advanced techniques to create deepfake audio
Read MoreMulti-Language Support in VSCode Text Documents
VSCode does not allow setting several languages simultaneously for a single document.Extension authors can open a text document for a specific language:await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'mongodb', content });Or set the language for an existing text document:await vscode.languages.setTextDocumentLanguage(document, 'javascript');But there are many use cases when a document should contain several languages at
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