JDK (Java Development Kit) 19 arrives about six months after Java 18 and exactly a year after Java 17 – the most recent long-term support (LTS) release of Java. With the release of Java 17, Oracle announced plans to move JDK LTS releases from every three years to every two years, meaning the next LTS release will be Java 21 in September 2023. The open-source version of JDK 19 OpenJDK 19 is also available from Oracle under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception....

Core developer Łukasz Langa, who also acts as the release manager for Python 3.8 and 3.9, will be charged with the day-to-day stewardship of CPython, overseeing contributions to the programming language from volunteers and dealing with issue backlogs. This includes dealing with issue and pull request backlogs, maintaining the continuous integration (CI) and test suite, and providing a steer on what parts of the Python project need the most work....

Robert also shares with us his top privacy protection tips and his thoughts on the future of medical health records software – including why healthcare security and privacy should become the paradigm for other industries to imitate. Most company co-founders that I talk to met either in engineering school or in business school. You and your co-founder Nick Culbertson met in medical school. Did you finish medical school? Did you ever practice as a doctor?...

Hackers could have lured victims into clicking on a malicious NFT (Non-Fungible Token) leading to account compromise and the loss of funds in the account, CPR researchers said. CPR immediately reported the flaw to Rarible, which installed a quick fix. Dangerous “setApprovalForAll” Function NFTs have an EIP-721 standard that provides basic functionality for tracking and transferring them across marketplaces. The standard has a function named “setApprovalForAll.” The function is “very dangerous by design,” because if a user is tricked into signing it, it may allow anyone to control the NFT process, researchers said....

Timeline of Discovery and Owner Reaction Sometimes the extent of a data breach and the owner of the data are obvious, and the issue quickly resolved. But rare are these times. Most often, we need days of investigation before we understand what’s at stake or who’s exposing the data. Understanding a breach and its potential impact takes careful attention and time. We work hard to publish accurate and trustworthy reports, ensuring everybody who reads them understands their seriousness....

Resileo Labs is an India-based IT and consulting firm that provides application performance monitoring (APM) services. Its clients include high-profile companies such as HCL Technologies, Verizon, and RCS Group. Resileo’s Appedo APM is marketed as an open-source tool for performance monitoring, competing with tools from popular US-based companies like New Relic and AppDynamics. Resileo Leaked Admin Credentials Our team found an Appedo installation guide in an unsecured AWS S3 bucket....

On Tuesday, the University Medical Center (UMC) told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that it had experienced a criminal data breach. After being asked about the documents on REvil’s site, the hospital released a statement to the Review-Journal that hackers had infiltrated the affected hospital server in mid-June. The hospital also said law enforcement was investigating the breach. Reportedly, there was no evidence that clinical systems were accessed in the attack, but patients and employees were notified their personal information was compromised, the statement said....

Parents download the app to the child’s device, and pair it to their own device. The app will never show a parent what the child is sending or receiving, as we believe that children too have the right for privacy. They can, however, manage the risks. For instance, the software might say the child is being bullied on Instagram, and guide and advise the parent on how to talk to the child about the risk....

Ultrasonic scanner The Samsung ultrasonic scanner is supposed to be a new and secure method to lock your phone with a fingerprint. Now it appears that this method might not be secure as it’s supposed to be. The scanner works with sound waves that record the reflection pattern of the fingerprint when set. However, certain silicone screen protectors can apparently disrupt this process. Using cheap screen protectors from Ebay can render the fingerprint security features useless....

The Internet of Toys With smartphone-connected paper airplanes, tech dolls that remember your favorite color and birthday, coding and robotic toys you can have conversations with, you might wish you were a kid again. Yes, these days, the Internet of Toys is just another part of the Internet of Things. And yes, lots of internet-connected devices have security problems. But, unfortunately, hackers who target poorly secured connected devices don’t make a distinction between your doorbell and your kids Wi-Fi toys....

The announcement follows a data breach earlier this month that allowed an unidentified threat actor to access Twilio’s systems. Signal relies on Twilio for SMS verification services, and the breach apparently exposed some Signal users’ data. Signal explained that the attacker did not steal sensitive user data because it does not store such information. “Message history, profile info, contact lists, & other data were NOT & could not be accessed,” the company said on Twitter....

13 Vulnerabilities Found in the Nucleus TCP/IP Stack With support from Medigate Research Labs, security researchers at Forescout found 13 new vulnerabilities affecting Nucleus NET, the TCP/IP stack of Nucleus’s Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS). A company called Accelerated Technology originally developed the software, in 1993. In 2002, Mentor Graphics acquired the stack and the RTOS for an undisclosed sum. Since January 2021, Mentor has been operating as a division of Siemens under the name Siemens EDA....

“We found that websites still have a long way to go to correctly implement the requirements set out in the General Data Protection Regulation,” Pérez-Solà noted. The GDPR lays out strict user tracking and data collection requirements. Among other things, it requires websites to obtain users’ consent before collecting, processing, or transferring their personal data. Websites must also clearly state why they are collecting this data. For this study, researchers at the Open University of Catalonia, the University of Girona, and the Center for Cybersecurity Research of Catalonia (CYBERCAT) assessed 500 of the most visited websites in Spain “using novel automated methods....

However, there are some major disadvantages of using Stream2Watch: Streams on Stream2Watch could be illegal in your country as it constitutes copyright infringement. This means the website hosts copyrighted content without the necessary licenses and permissions. It is best to check local laws before streaming. Sites like Stream2Watch are funded by ad revenues. Some of these can contain malware and other malicious software that will harm your device. Unfortunately, viable legal alternatives to Stream2Watch are mostly paid or subscription-based services, such as Hotstar and ESPN....

Using a private search engine helps to protect your privacy and ensure you’re not tracked online. But even the best private search engines can’t guarantee complete anonymity online. We recommend that you also use a privacy-friendly browser, a VPN like Private Internet Access (PIA), an ad blocker, and an anti-tracker extension. Google and many other search engines track users extensively and monetize your data through advertising. Your data is worth a lot to them....

What new knowledge did you gain whilst writing Hacked Again? Writing a book is far more challenging then I had ever dreamed and gave me great respect for writers of all kinds. After nearly two years of writing, I began the editing process. I quickly learned the importance of trusting my story and voice enough to stick to the central thesis. I could’ve added so many more chapters and details but if I got distracted so would my readers....

Blockchain: A system for recording information Bitcoin: The most popular cryptocurrency Carding: The theft and distribution of credit card information Cryptocurrency: A digital currency that can be used anonymously PGP: Short for “Pretty Good Privacy,” an encryption method Silk Road: A former marketplace on the dark web VPN: Short for “Virtual Private Network,” a tool that can hide your IP and protect your privacy and is highly recommended for any type of dark web browsing...

These are what we consider to be the top 12 streaming services: These streaming services don’t work everywhere, unfortunately. However, using a VPN, you can sometimes gain access to these services, even if they aren’t available in your country just yet. One such a VPN provider is ExpressVPN. We’ve made sure to include both paid and free options so you can pick the services that work with your needs. We’ll also go over the pros and cons and give you a summary of what you’re getting with each service when you sign up....

Bitcoin Scam If you opened up Twitter yesterday, you will probably have noticed that something was wrong. The accounts of many national and international celebrities and tech companies had been hacked. Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Apple, and Uber have all been targeted by the attackers, according to the media. The hackers asked followers of these accounts to transfer Bitcoin to a certain address so that they could give back to the community due to Covid-19, as the tweet said....

These charges are the result of a multi-agency investigation dubbed Operation Crypto Runner, which focuses on stifling the activities of international money laundering networks. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Secret Service, and the Postal Inspection Service joined forces for this operation. “These arrests are just the beginning. We are committed to bringing each of the remaining perpetrators to justice,” William Smarr, a Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service’s Dallas Field Office, said....