• irmadlad@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    A separate vulnerability in Linux allows users with limited rights to escalate to root. Tracked as CVE-2026-43499, it lurked in the OS for 15 years. Researchers from Nebula Security said they discovered it using Vega, Nebula’s AI-assisted vulnerability scanner. Matt Lucas, a researcher and founder of RedEye Security, explained

    This will become more and more common as we use AI to find vulnerabilities faster (hopefully) than bad actors can use AI to find vulnerabilities.

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        12 days ago

        20 years of hoarding CVEs down the drain.

        Now they’ll never be able to gg ez their way into any country and will have to actually use their bribery budget to get more implants lol.

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          12 days ago

          Which means the new paradigm will be ‘every piece of hardware is a supply chain attack.’

          cough TPM 2 cough