Author: HackWatchit

This search experience allows consumers to use conversational language to discover vehicles that meet their needs, compare models, and refine the search results, the company said in a Monday (June 9) press release. CarGuru’s Vice President, Product Ben Kasdon said in the release that this feature allows consumers to “shop in ways that weren’t possible before by having an open dialogue right on our site.” One sample prompt included in the press release is: “I have three kids under 3. Help me find a car with high safety and reliability ratings.” Other examples included intuitive prompts seeking cars with room…

New Mirai botnet targets TBK DVRs by exploiting CVE-2024-3721 Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2025 A new variant of the Mirai botnet exploits CVE-2024-3721 to target DVR systems, using a new infection method. Researchers from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky discovered a new variant of the Mirai botnet that exploits a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-3721) in TBK DVR-4104 and DVR-4216 digital video recording devices. During a review of the logs in their Linux honeypot system, the researchers noticed a suspect POST request linked to the potential exploitation of CVE-2024-3721. “The request contains a malicious command that is a single-line shell script which downloads…

from data analyst to data science is a viable way to break into the data science field, and this article aims to explain how you can make that transition. Why be a data analyst first? I often recommend becoming a data analyst first and then transitioning to a data scientist. Now, why do I do this, given I have never worked as a data analyst? Well, it’s for the following reasons. Becoming a data analyst is easier than becoming a data scientist.  You truly learn and understand the business impact data can have — beginner data scientists often focus on building fancy models…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping Executive Order that reorients U.S. cybersecurity strategy by focusing on critical protections against foreign cyber threats and enhancing secure technology practices. The move amends ‘problematic elements’ of Executive Orders (14144 and 13694), issued by former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama. In their place, the Trump move seeks to lay out a technical agenda built around securing infrastructure, cleaning up federal practices, and confronting next-generation threats. President Trump has directed the federal government to prioritize the advancement of secure software development across all systems and platforms. The Executive Order instructs federal departments…

I use GNU Screen mainly to prevent processes from dying when I disconnect from an SSH session, but GNU Screen can do a whole lot more than that – the man page is about 3700 lines long. Clearly if I’m using it only to keep a session alive, I’m not using the bulk of what it can do. I made this cheat sheet and taped it to my monitor for a while so I can have these few options right in front of me every time I use Screen. This way, I more quickly memorize what I find useful, and develop a…

Security researchers have identified two npm packages that do far more than they claim. Disguised as utilities for system monitoring and data syncing, these packages introduce destructive backdoors that can remotely wipe out all files in a developer’s application, on demand. Socket’s Threat Research Team exposed the malicious packages, express-api-sync and system-health-sync-api, both published under the npm account “botsailer.” While the names suggest harmless functionality, the underlying code tells a much darker story. A Dangerous Disguise According to the company’s technical report shared with Hackread.com, the express-api-sync package presents itself as a simple tool for syncing databases. But instead of…

The Arkana Security extortion gang briefly listed over the weekend what appeared to be newly stolen Ticketmaster data but is instead the data stolen during the 2024 Snowflake data theft attacks. The extortion group posted screenshots of the allegedly stolen data, advertising over 569 GB of Ticketmaster data for sale, causing speculation that this was a new breach. Listing of Ticketmaster data being sold by ArkanaSource: BleepingComputer However, BleepingComputer has determined that the files shown in the Arkana post match samples of Ticketmaster data we previously saw during the 2024 Snowflake data theft attacks. Furthermore, one of the images had…

AI agents are set to revolutionize how we work, create and compete, offering unprecedented efficiency and insight as they automate everyday tasks. But how do we ensure these intelligent allies are secure and can be trusted as they become integral to the ways we work and go about our lives? At Palo Alto Networks, we believe that security must be a foundational enabler of AI adoption, not a barrier. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Prisma AIRS MCP Server, now available in public preview through sample code shared on PyPI and GitHub, so our customers can explore ways to secure…

In brief Bitcoin topped $110,000 on Monday for the first time since late May. BTC fell below $101,000 as recently as June 5. It’s now less than 2% away from its all-time high. Bitcoin breezed past $110,000 late Monday afternoon, the first time it’s passed that threshold in nearly two weeks as investors looked hopefully at current talks between the U.S. and China that could ease trade tensions. And short position liquidations are piling up amid the surge.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at about $110,100, up 3.5% over the past 24 hours. BTC has risen nearly…