… The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA increased the vulnerability's CVSS severity score to a worrisome 9.8 out of 10 Critical after finding that the attack can be automated and allows full compromise. …
Apple has pushed out its first ever automatic, silent security update to Mac OS X users, fixing a vulnerability in NTP that would've allowed hackers to turn Macs into DDoS zombies. …
… Both cybersecurity researchers and hackers now consider AI a valuable part of their toolbelt, making the task of keeping devices safe even more complex. …
… As second related vulnerability allowed attackers to break out of the Firefox security sandbox and into the operating system. …
… Security researcher Amit Serper notes that Apple script can be used to create a root shell from the command line as well. …
… This issue became more pronounced last year, when the company forced users to disable driver signing and other OS security features if they wanted to use third-party applications to enable TRIM. …