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White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations
By Luke James Published
President Trump signed a memorandum on August 12 establishing the first U.S. program that lets vetted private companies conduct offensive cyber operations.

Just one instruction on AMD's 2015-era CPUs cracks open secret memory areas and gives full hardware-level control
By Bruno Ferreira Last updated
Just one instruction on AMD CPUs gets you access to Platform Security Processor, microcode, and System Management Interface — exploit for 15h and 16h chip families cracks open secret memory areas

Microsoft's nemesis drops new zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Nightmare Eclipse drops ShieldBreak, another Windows zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability, but Microsoft has rushed quickly to block it with Defender

Coin-sized device can hack a Boeing 737’s Flight Management Computer, mess with takeoff weights, or even divert an aircraft
By Jowi Morales Published
While it does not let hackers control the plane remotely, it could potentially confuse pilots and add to their workload while in-flight.

Critical 'Zoomsday' flaw enables total device takeover during Zoom calls
By Bruno Ferreira Published
And two of those prompts were probably "no bugs plz" and "kk thx."

Suspected China-linked hackers used AI to run the first-ever end-to-end autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan's government, Israeli firm says
By Etiido Uko Published
Suspected China-linked hackers used autonomous AI agents to breach Taiwanese government systems, compromising 85 accounts and stealing 2,500+ records.

Passenger returning from DEF CON 34 spoofs Delta Wi-Fi network while in flight using pentest tool
By Jowi Morales Published
“We believe they are trying to scam the other passengers.”

Initial seeder on popular anime torrenting site Nyaa arrested by Japanese authorities
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Japanese authorities have taken a big step in cracking down on piracy by arresting an initial-seeder at popular anime torrenting website Nyaa.
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