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DEFCON Hijinx, AMD, Ukraine, FreeBSD, OpenVPN, the Pwnie Awards, Josh Marpet… – SWN #406

DEFCON Hijinx, AMD, Ukraine, FreeBSD, OpenVPN, the Pwnie Awards, Josh Marpet, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.

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Professor at Roger Williams University
  1. 1. New AMD SinkClose flaw helps install nearly undetectable malware
  2. 2. Hackers posing as Ukraine’s Security Service infect 100 govt PCs
  3. 3. FreeBSD releases new patch for regreSSHion-related RCE flaw
  4. 4. 48 types of PII targeted in East Valley Institute of Technology breach
  5. 5. DEF CON badge spat gets physical as dev removed from stage
  6. 6. Microsoft Warns of OpenVPN Vulnerabilities, Potential for Exploit Chains
  7. 7. CrowdStrike president gladly accepts ‘Epic Fail’ Pwnie award
  8. 8. Elon Musk Blames DDOS Attack on X for Crashing Trump Interview
Executive Director at Guardedrisk
  1. 1. C is dead! Long Live RUST!!!

    Darpa is trying to kill all C code in favor of RUST. Memory safe for the win! Because you can't hack RUST, right?

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