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Those security codes you ask to receive via text leave your accounts vulnerable. Do this instead

Do you receive login security codes for your online accounts via text message? These are the six- or seven-digit numbers sent via SMS that you need to enter along with your password when trying to ...

Critical React, Next.js flaw lets hackers execute code on servers

A maximum severity vulnerability, dubbed 'React2Shell', in the React Server Components (RSC) 'Flight' protocol allows remote ...
Computer Weekly

Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack

France-based cyber security firm Stormshield has revealed a leak of source code from its Stormshield Network Security and Network Security Industrial Firewall products following a cyber attack that ...
TechCrunch

Code-generating AI can introduce security vulnerabilities, study finds

A recent study finds that software engineers who use code-generating AI systems are more likely to cause security vulnerabilities in the apps they develop. The paper, co-authored by a team of ...
The New York Times

Why You Should Listen to Twitter on Two-Factor Authentication

Elon Musk was right: Text messages are not the most secure way to protect your account. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times. Twitter recently ...
Computerworld

Popular computer game code stolen by hackers

The entire source code for a much-anticipated computer game, Half-Life 2, has been leaked to the Internet, according to a security expert. Copies of the source code began trading wildly on IRC ...