Developers say open-source software culture, where users demand constant updates from volunteer coders, is a security issue, as shown by the XZ Utils backdoor
A previously unknown contributor to the popular open-source Android app store F-Droid repeatedly pressured its developers to push … Mastodon: @samleecole@journa.host , @doctormo@floss.social , and @mh...
Anthropic researchers: AI models can be trained to deceive and the most commonly used AI safety techniques had little to no effect on the deceptive behaviors
[images] Abraham Samma / @abesamma@toolsforthought.social : Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training — This is some sci-fi stuff right here (even if unsurprising)...
Inside the DNC's plan to replace its aging data repository Vertica with the Data Warehouse, a more powerful BigQuery-based system, before the 2020 election
IN JULY OF 2017, as Raffi Krikorian settled into his new office at the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton's words were still ringing in his ears. Tweets: @issielapowsky , @wired , @saikatc...
Facebook brings osquery, its open source SQL-powered detection tool for monitoring OS processes and networks, to Windows
Facebook successfully ported its SQL-powered detection tool, osquery, to Windows this week, giving users a free and open source method to monitor networks and diagnose problems.
Joomla CMS patched on Thursday to fix critical SQL-injection flaw affecting millions of websites
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Joomla CMS patched on Thursday to fix critical SQL-injection flaw affecting millions of websites
Joomla bug puts millions of websites at risk of remote takeover hacks — Just-patched flaw allows outside hackers to gain administrator access. — Millions of websites used in e-commerce …
WordPress releases 4.2.4 security patch to address three cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, a potential SQL injection and side-channel attack
WordPress 4.2.4 Security and Maintenance Release — WordPress 4.2.4 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions …
WordPress plugin SEO by Yoast, downloaded over 14M times, fixes SQL injection vulnerability
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