A flaw in Coldcard seed generation lets attackers recreate private keys from the press of a button

Some Coldcard Mk3 owners may need to move their Bitcoin. Coinkite says funds tied to seeds generated on firmware 4.0.1 or a later Mk3 release may be at risk. Bitcoin Core contributor instagibbs said he recreated the vulnerable seed on a newly initialized Mk3. Coinkite says Mk4 and Mk5 devices are also affected before firmware […]

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31 newly discovered vulnerabilities expose 99% of x402 crypto payments to asset theft and free shopping

A new security study reported 31 previously unknown vulnerabilities across 15 major facilitators supporting x402, an HTTP-native standard for programmatic payments. The tested group represented 99% of observed transactions in the study window, and each facilitator failed at least one of eight rules for payment verification or settlement. The full findings mapped 49 violation instances […]

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Dell vs. HP PC Security: Beyond the Spec Sheet

What has to be true for ‘most secure’ to survive scrutiny? Dell positions the Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max lineup as the world’s most secure commercial AI PCs.¹ That’s a strong claim, anchored in third-party validation, so it’s worth showing the substantiation before getting into the head-to-head detail. The underlying research compared nine below-the-OS […]

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FBI arrests 21-year-old accused of infecting 8,000 PCs with malware through fake Steam games

The big picture: A 21-year-old Florida resident was arrested last week for allegedly stealing more than $220,000 in cryptocurrency through malware hidden in video games. Although the indictment does not identify the storefront that hosted the infected games, it mentions several titles that were listed on Steam until recently. The suspect, identified by the FBI […]

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Who does technology fail to see? Facial recognition and the elderly

How important is accessibility when we talk about technology? For me, there is no advancement without inclusion. Recent data presented by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that the error rate of a facial recognition system can be 1% among people in their 20s and reach 5% among those aged […]

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Single-view photos become a new scam tool on WhatsApp

UA new scam is drawing the attention of digital security experts by using a feature created precisely to reinforce the privacy of WhatsApp users. Criminals began to exploit single-view photos to initiate contact with victims and subsequently apply threats with the aim of obtaining money. Unlike other frauds, the scheme does not depend on viruses […]

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Linux fixes critical flaw that allows virtual machines to escape in KVM

Two serious security flaws in the Linux kernel were (finally) fixed this week. THE first (Januscape) allowed an attacker who rented a virtual machine from cloud services to escape this limited environment and take full control of the physical server on which it was hosted. In turn, and equally worrying, the second (GhostLock) it allowed […]

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Android Auto is crashing (again), and nobody knows why (again)

Andy Walker / Android Authority Android Auto is glitching for users again after the recent update to version 17.2. Users report disconnections every few minutes, while some say Android Auto crashes whenever audio is played. The reports come just a month after Google pushed an update to fix previous disconnection issues. Is Android Auto working […]

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