Author: HackWatchit

How can decentralized AI improve data privacy and security? Let’s face it — our data deserves better It’s tired of being locked up by tech giants, shuffled around like playing cards, and tracked more obsessively than your online shopping habits. It wants space. It wants respect. It wants… privacy. And honestly? Who can blame it? Your data doesn’t want to be analyzed, monetized, and categorized like some lab experiment. It wants to kick back, sip some encrypted tea, and exist without being watched 24/7. That’s where Decentralized AI comes in, like a masked superhero in a trench coat (probably made…

The hallowed halls of academia are launchpads, or so the brochures promised. Capstone projects defended, futures forged and a shiny new degree clutched in a hopeful hand. But for a growing number of recent college graduates, that launchpad feels less like a step toward the corner office and more like a plank over a shark tank of accumulating student loan interest. The entry-level salaries, often more “entry-level ramen-noodle” than “entry-level fine-dining,” aren’t cutting it against the relentless tide of monthly payments. The result? A booming, occasionally bewildering, market for the bizarre side hustle. Forget the predictable weekend gig, waiting tables…

Lohrmann on Cybersecurity Most governments struggle with replacing legacy systems for a variety of reasons. But some people claim legacy mainframes can be just as secure as modern ones. So how big is the legacy cyber threat? May 11, 2025 •  Dan Lohrmann Adobe Stock/golda2025 An important but often overshadowed technology issue for government CIOs and CISOs is legacy system modernization. Indeed, the topic comes in at No. 5 on the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) priority list for 2025. No doubt, cyber and AI (along with budgets for everything) are clearly near the top of current priorities…

Forescout Vedere Labs security researchers have linked ongoing attacks targeting a maximum severity vulnerability impacting SAP NetWeaver instances to a Chinese threat actor. SAP released an out-of-band emergency patch on April 24 to address this unauthenticated file upload security flaw (tracked as CVE-2025-31324) in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, days after cybersecurity company ReliaQuest first detected the vulnerability being targeted in attacks. Successful exploitation enables unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files without logging in, allowing them to gain remote code execution and potentially leading to complete system compromise. ReliaQuest reported that multiple customers’ systems were breached through unauthorized file uploads on…

For manufacturing organizations throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the rapidly changing cyber threat landscape has made it ever so important to establish a strong OT (operational technology) security program. OT systems, once isolated, are gaining access to the Internet and are thus vulnerable to a wide spectrum of threats, including ransomware, cybercriminals, terrorist actors, or even state-sponsored actors. Embedding OT security maturity into operational and cultural processes is essential to counter modern cyber threats. Security setting for manufacturers, especially SMEs, starts with learning their threat profile and adapting risk-mitigation plans that combine cyber and process safety principles.…

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What a future without CVEs means for cyber defenseFor many cybersecurity professionals, the CVE program is the foundation for hands-on cybersecurity practice and crucial benchmarking of security preparedness. May 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Panic, change, and hopeA bit of chaos ensued in the following weeks with the announcement that MITRE would no longer be supporting the CVE Program due to a contract expiration and funding cut. UK retailers under cyber attack: Co-op member data compromisedUK-based retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods have been targeted…

Mike Felch // With so many Microsoft technologies, services, integrations, applications, and configurations it can create a great deal of difficulty just to manage everything. Now imagine trying to secure an environment that goes well beyond the perimeter. While moving everything to a cloud provider can provide amazing returns in scalability, functionality, and even savings, it can also create major blind-spots. Over the past year, I have been looking into ways to target organizations that utilize Microsoft as their cloud provider. I hope to release a number of different techniques that have been extremely beneficial in uncovering these blind-spots, much…

QR codes have quietly become a part of everyday business workflows. From authentication to employee onboarding, marketing, and resource sharing, they’re now embedded in countless enterprise processes. But while the convenience of QR codes is undeniable, the security risks they pose are often overlooked  and for cybersecurity professionals, that’s a concern that needs urgent attention.The Hidden Dangers Behind a Simple Scan What makes QR codes so attractive is also what makes them dangerous: their simplicity. A user scans a code and instantly opens a URL, downloads a file, or triggers an action. But unlike traditional hyperlinks, the destination is invisible…

In January 2025, a critical Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability was disclosed in Tandoor Recipes, an open-source meal planning and recipe management application. The flaw exists in versions prior to 1.5.24 and stems from improper handling of user-supplied input within Jinja2 templates. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary system commands on the server. When deployed using the provided Docker Compose setup, these commands can run with root privileges, leading to full system compromise CVE ID: CVE-2025-23211 Severity: Critical CVSS Score: 9.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) EPSS Score: 0.05% Published: January 28, 2025 Affected Versions: <= 1.5.23 Patched Version: 1.5.24 The vulnerability…