Keys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes
We haven't written up this one. Hacker News has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
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Korea's 1st unmanned military ground vehicle gets ready for battlefield
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province — As an employee walked across a test track at Hanwha Aerospace’s Changwon Plant 2, a four-wheeled vehicle trailed several meters behind, matching his path without…
Fraunhofer-Institut: Studie: Datenschutz macht Europa wettbewerbsfähiger
Datenschutz als Wettbewerbsvorteil: Wie Europa mit Qualität statt Datenmaximierung punkten kann und was Forscher empfehlen.
An Open Redirect Guard That Rebuilt What It Rejected
Code: Megapixel99/CAS-Authentication-User Eight days ago I wrote that npm audit had never seen the worst bug in my own package.
- Two open redirects discovered in CAS-Authentication-User npm package
- Fix in version 0.4.0 improved security using WHATWG URL API
- Vulnerability resolved by validating user input and rejecting malicious paths
Centre questions Meta's 'intermediary' status over Facebook, Instagram ads
The government is increasing scrutiny on platforms and expects compliance in dealing with illegal content.
Dyson's OnTrac headphones are discounted to AU$299 — as an audio expert, these are the 3 over-ears I would recommend instead
Dyson's second pair of headphones didn't meet its lofty expectations and has received a significant price cut as a result — but I still think there are better alternatives to look out for.
Why ExitOnForwardFailure=yes does not prove your database is reachable
An SSH tunnel can be listening on your laptop while the service behind it is unavailable. ExitOnForwardFailure=yes is useful, but it does not turn the SSH process into a database health check.
- SSH tunnel active doesn't guarantee database reachability
- ExitOnForwardFailure=yes doesn't check database connection
- Separate issues: SSH tunnel vs destination database reachability