Cybersecurity

It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.

On a job application site for my local government it reveals if a specific social security has been used or not on that site. The site is very outdated.

Archived version

This was not an attack; the change was deployed by our team to help mitigate the industry-wide vulnerability disclosed this week in React Server Components. We will share more information as we have it today.

Seems to be over now.

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed.

MuddyWater targets critical infrastructure in Israel and Egypt, relying on custom malware, improved tactics, and a predictable playbook

Slightly more detail in this GitHub issue, however much is still unknown, even after three or so days. The dev hasn’t revealed any further details. Some articles on this incident:

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Training outfit scrambles to fix all-male lineup before December kickoff