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PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 Released!
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, …
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Spam Resistant Forges
There is a lot of consternation lately about the growing onslaught of low-quality (spam) and completely AI submitted bug reports, pull requests, etc. This is unrelated to AI scrapers which can be another problem, but I'm more interested in the concerns...
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First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5
Apple spent five years building hardware and software to make memory corruption exploits dramatically harder. Our engineers, working together with Mythos Preview, built a working exploit in five days.
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Linux Compromises, Broken Embargoes, and the Shrinking Patch Window — AskBaize
Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, CrackedArmor, io_wring ZCRX freewrite OOB, what are these? Read the technical explanations (supplemented with plain English ELI5s). Is the disclosure process broken? Why should people care?How can this be exploited?What can defenders...
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How I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe
On digital sovereignty, and why European cloud is better than you think
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HDD Firmware Hacking Part 1
Do you know how a hard drive works? Come find out with me as I dump, reverse engineer, and modify the firmware on various HDDs and SSDs.
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LibreOps
Many hackers around the world are (re-)decentralizing the net. This is our part, offering distributed, free (as in freedom) services to the world. Always based on Free Open Source Software.
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The <noscript> element as a trap
Definition: The element provides alternate content when JavaScript is entirely toggled off or entirely unsupported. Sources:
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C++26 Shipped a SIMD Library Nobody Asked For
std::simd Can't Express 90% of Real SIMD Code
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Passwords suck. Can passkeys replace them?
Did you know that most, if not the majority of data breaches originate from hacked credentials? Yep, that's right, if all you private information (and your family's too) got stolen and leaked 20 times a year, it's because employees at companies and...