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CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Plex2Shell, Siemens, and SiteGuard Flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four vulnerabilities impacting Plex Media Server that's collectively called Plex2Shell. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-96652 (CVSS score: 5.3) - Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Plex2Shell, Siemens, and SiteGuard Flaws

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Why PDF compression quietly turns your text into a picture

A 6-page text PDF went from 298.7 KB to 8.9 KB with every one of its 26,652 characters still selectable. The usual way to shrink a PDF gets to 30.5 KB and zero.

  • PDF compression can covert text into a picture without user notice
  • Two methods exist: image conversion or optimizing without turning into image
  • Rasterizing text makes it unusable for text manipulation tasks

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I built a free, open-source Mac app in SwiftUI. Its disk scanner is 3 faster than du

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  • Sweep is a free, open-source Mac app built with SwiftUI.
  • Its disk scanner is 3 times faster than the built-in du command.
  • The app is available for download and contributions from users.

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