Dozens of security advisories were published on Tuesday by Intel, AMD and Nvidia to inform customers about vulnerabilities found recently in their products. Intel has published 34 new advisories this Patch Tuesday. High-severity vulnerabilities have been addressed by the company in Xeon processors, Ethernet drivers for Linux, chipset firmware, processor stream cache, 800 Series Ethernet, … [Read more...]

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiWeb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to impersonate any existing user on affected systems.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52970 with a CVSS score of 7.7, affects multiple FortiWeb versions and stems from improper parameter handling in the cookie parsing mechanism. Key Takeaways1. CVE-2025-52970 lets attackers bypass … [Read more...]

One of the benefits of self-hosting is that you don't have to rely on cloud subscriptions to back up your data or get locked into specific services. This has cost-saving benefits, but also keeps your data under your control. I currently back up my images and videos to an Immich server hosted on my NAS, along with saving daily backups of my desktop PC. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]

Tradeoffs. The world of tech is full of them. Yet, as Forrester Research points out in a recent trends report, tradeoffs can give disruptive technologies a Jekyll and Hyde personality, providing great benefits but at the same time undermining an organization’s sustainability efforts. “Disruptive technologies are a double-edged sword for environmental sustainability, offering both crucial enablers … [Read more...]

Games ReviewFun in the game is fleeting, obfuscated by unresponsive controls, a lack of accessibility, and real-world pain.Aug 13, 2025, 12:00 PM UTCGames ReviewFun in the game is fleeting, obfuscated by unresponsive controls, a lack of accessibility, and real-world pain.Aug 13, 2025, 12:00 PM UTCWhen Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the … [Read more...]

Aug 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security Fortinet is alerting customers of a critical security flaw in FortiSIEM for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25256, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability … [Read more...]

Inworld has launched Runtime for developers, an AI toolkit that was born from experiences with industry giants like Disney, Xbox, and NVIDIA.Every developer in the AI space knows the feeling. You’ve built a brilliant prototype, a glimpse into a future of truly interactive and engaging consumer experiences. It wows everyone who sees it, but then comes the hard part: how do you get it into the hands … [Read more...]

The cybersecurity community continues to grapple with the lingering effects of the XZ Utils backdoor, a sophisticated supply chain attack that shook the industry in March 2024. What began as a carefully orchestrated two-year campaign by the pseudonymous developer ‘Jia Tan’ has evolved into a persistent threat that extends far beyond its initial discovery. The malicious actor methodically … [Read more...]

Aug 13, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Threat Hunting Security operations have never been a 9-to-5 job. For SOC analysts, the day often starts and ends deep in a queue of alerts, chasing down what turns out to be false positives, or switching between half a dozen tools to piece together context. The work is repetitive, time-consuming, and high-stakes, leaving SOCs under constant … [Read more...]

Merge Labs is a new Neuralink rival developing brain-computer interfaces.Aug 13, 2025, 11:15 AM UTCDominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.If you’ve enjoyed Elon Musk’s ongoing beef with Sam Altman and OpenAI, get ready for a whole new chapter: soon they’ll be rivals not just in AI, but in … [Read more...]

Manpower of Lansing, Michigan, has informed authorities that a data breach stemming from a ransomware attack affects roughly 140,000 individuals. The staffing and recruiting firm said in a data breach notice sent to impacted individuals that an investigation into an IT outage that caused disruptions on January 20, 2025, revealed that hackers had gained access to its systems. The … [Read more...]

A sophisticated new ransomware family called Charon has emerged in the cybersecurity landscape, targeting organizations in the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry with advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques typically reserved for nation-state actors. The ransomware campaign represents a concerning evolution in cybercriminal operations, combining stealth, precision, and … [Read more...]

Video games are an entertainment medium that has been around for over 75 years at this point. Within that time, there have been game releases with an impact so great that they changed the way we see how games are played and received by players. They became staples of the time they were released, as well as representations of the best aspects or potential that the medium can achieve. While most big … [Read more...]

The Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition (PQCC) has published its first Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Inventory Workbook, helping businesses, big and small, build a single, organised database to monitor how and where cryptography is used.The PQC is a not-for-profit, voluntary organisation designed to create a broader understanding of and advocate for the wider public adoption of post-quantum … [Read more...]

Your GPU should be the main performance driver in your gaming PC. It's probably the component you spend the most on, and for good reason. It's the single biggest factor in your PC when it comes to gaming performance. However, it's not the only factor. Other components still have a massive influence on your frame rate, and if you ignore them, your GPU won't be able to run at its full … [Read more...]

Microsoft released security patches addressing a significant vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Services that could allow unauthorized attackers to launch denial of service attacks over network connections.  The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-53722, affects multiple Windows versions spanning from legacy systems to the latest Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2 … [Read more...]

Aug 13, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Identity Security The AI revolution isn't coming. It's already here. From copilots that write our emails to autonomous agents that can take action without us lifting a finger, AI is transforming how we work. But here's the uncomfortable truth: Attackers are evolving just as fast. Every leap forward in AI gives bad actors new tools — deepfake … [Read more...]

Fortinet and Ivanti have each published new security advisories to inform customers about the vulnerabilities fixed with their August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates.  Fortinet has published 14 new advisories. The most important one, with a critical severity rating, describes CVE-2025-25256, a FortiSIEM flaw that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands … [Read more...]

A sophisticated cybercriminal operation disguised as a Ukrainian Web3 development team has been targeting job seekers through weaponized NPM packages, security researchers warn. The attack leverages fake interview processes to trick unsuspecting candidates into downloading and executing malicious code that steals cryptocurrency wallets, browser data, and sensitive personal information. The … [Read more...]

MCP (Model Control Plane) Server is a centralized platform that orchestrates, manages, and secures the lifecycle of AI models deployed across an organization’s infrastructure. By providing integration, management, and real-time monitoring of models, MCP servers enable enterprises to defend against sophisticated, AI-powered cyberattacks. This article explores MCP server integration and … [Read more...]