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WordPress Rushes Out Jetpack Patch to Millions

The software company behind popular blogging platform WordPress automatically updated over 5 million installed Jetpack plugins after a critical vulnerability was discovered in the plugin. Automattic, which also counts Jetpack as one of its subsidiaries, launched an update yesterday to…

Amazon Echo Pop review: Alexa for less

When I first saw Amazon’s latest Alexa-powered smart speaker, the $39.99 Echo Pop, the word “hilarious” came to mind. It looks fun and cute, and it makes me feel happy. After a few days of testing, the looks are the…

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is in dangerous situation, IAEA boss warns

Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is under Russian military control Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Russian military’s continued occupation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant creates a “very vulnerable and…

Critical Firmware Vulnerability in Gigabyte Systems Exposes ~7 Million Devices

May 31, 2023Ravi LakshmananFirmware security/vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered “backdoor-like behavior” in Gigabyte systems. This allows the device’s UEFI firmware to drop Windows executables and retrieve updates in an insecure format. Firmware security company Eclypsium announced that it first detected…