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#exploitation

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added several Linux and Linux-related flaws to its known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.The agency added seven new vulnerabilities to its KEV catalog on Friday: Ruckus AP remote code execution (CVE-2023-25717), Red Hat Polkit privilege escalation (CVE-2021-3560), Linux kernel privilege escalations (CVE-2014-0196 and CVE-2010-3904), Jenkins UI information disclosure (CVE-2015-5317), Apache Tomcat remote code execution (CVE-2016-8735), and an Oracle Java SE and JRockit issue (CVE-2016-3427).

A critical vulnerability affecting some of Siemens' industrial control systems (ICS) designed for the energy sector could allow malicious hackers to destabilize a power grid, according to the researchers who found the security hole.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28489, impacts the CPCI85 firmware of Sicam A8000 CP-8031 and CP-8050 products, and it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker for remote code execution.

Google's Android security updates for May 2023 patch more than 40 vulnerabilities, including a kernel flaw exploited as a zero-day by a spyware vendor.The latest Android updates patch vulnerabilities in the framework, system, kernel, Arm, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek, Unisoc, and Qualcomm components.

Thirteen victims of human trafficking have been rescued from their alleged captors following a yearlong investigation in Mississauga, Peel Regional Police say.Det.David Laing, who led the operation, announced at a news conference Wednesday that five people were arrested, numerous charges laid and law enforcement officers also recovered drugs and other property.

1. Establish controls and policies related to cloud usage, such as setting up a zero-trust framework and using multi-factor authentication.
2. Monitor and audit cloud activity to ensure that no unauthorized actions are taking place.
3. Establish a cross-functional team to help maintain cloud

Apple on Thursday released security updates for its operating systems to patch dozens of vulnerabilities that could expose iPhones and Macs to hacker attacks, including three zero-days affecting the WebKit browser engine.Two of the actively exploited vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-28204 and CVE-2023-32373, have been reported to the tech giant by an anonymous researcher.

There has been a significant uptick in interest in e2e encryption as the UK Government tries to establish "back doors" for messaging apps through the controversial Online Safety Bill.Now at the committee stage in the House of Lords, it remains to be seen what the outcome will be.What is certain is that the legislation has stoked the fire that is the privacy versus protection debate.

The labor minister of Qatar, which faced intense scrutiny over its treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to last year's World Cup soccer tournament, was elected Monday as the president of the United Nations labor agency's annual conference.Asian and Pacific nations proposed Ali bin Samikh al-Marri to lead the International Labor Agency's two-week conference in Geneva.

One down, dozens more to go.Texas will eliminate temporary license plates - the paper versions of real plates that nefarious dealers and outright crooks around the country are selling to drivers to avoid speed cameras, commit other vehicular crimes or simply to keep driving if they lack insurance or a driver's license.

When the water came, Alex Gibson was prepared for, as he put it, "regular flooding."But regular flooding was not what surged through multiple counties in Eastern Kentucky in late July of 2022, killing over 40 people and displacing thousands from their homes.For five days, heavy rain struck an area already vulnerable from decades of exploitation.

Three out of four care staff who look after people at home are not being paid for the time it takes them to travel between appointments, according to new research.Unison said its survey of more than 300 care workers across England revealed that employers are effectively breaking minimum wage laws, costing staff hundreds of pounds each month.

A new report has revealed the shocking levels of exploitation and abuse suffered by migrant workers in the capital.Mayor Sadiq Khan, who commissioned the research, said its findings were consistent with modern slavery.The report found that migrant Londoners often work unpaid overtime, or are sometimes left waiting for months to receive wages for work they've done.

The Illegal Migration Bill breaches a number of the UK's human rights obligations, MPs and peers have warned ministers.Most asylum seekers arriving in the UK after the flagship legislation has been passed would have their claim declared inadmissible, according to a report published by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Episode 7: "A Prism."In the beginning, Faith thought Paulina was giving her a hot news tip about psychics and scams.Years of investigation revealed something else.Read the episode transcript.See all episodes and extras.By the time I made it back to Mexico in December 2010, I had already missed a lot of my tía Martha's last few months of life.

The German government on Monday rejected criticism that it pushed to weaken existing commitments for phasing out natural gas at a summit of leaders from the Group of Seven major industrialized democracies, saying the concluding statement is in line with international climate efforts.Environmental campaigners slammed the leaders' decision in Japan to back the construction of new infrastructure for liquefied natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.

Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool.So it's been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of the whole debate has pitted the chill against the uptight, the cool against the square, the relaxed future against the Principal Skinners of the past.