Author: HackWatchit

Valentine’s day is a great time for many people, however, for many who are lonely because they have lost a loved one, or are single for whatever reason, this can also be a time of depression and a reminder of their loss. Our older generations can be especially prone to feelings of loneliness and loss as they age and lose people close to them to the effects of time. The National Institute on Aging says, “Older adults are at higher risk for social isolation and loneliness due to changes in health and social connections that can come with growing older,…

The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds. These heavily-guarded fraud factories house armies of people, coerced into defrauding innocent people through bogus investment and romance baiting scams.The operators of the compounds earn billions of dollars each year from computer victims worldwide, with many of those in the compound misled or coerced to work for the scammers, trapped in virtual slavery.In the past, media reports have published distressing details of the treatment of fraud factory workers on the Myanmar-Thai border and in Cambodia.Citing national…

Palo Alto Networks has fixed a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) in the management web interface of its next-gen firewalls, a proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) for which has been made public. “Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue,” the company says. Fixed PAN-OS vulnerabilities (and unexpected reboots) CVE-2025-0108 was discovered by Assetnote researchers aftey they decided to analyze the patches for CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474, which have been exploited by attackers to compromise over 2,000 PAN firewalls in November 2024. “As we looked further into the architecture of the management interface, we suspected something was off,…

​Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing “boot device inaccessible” errors during startup on some Windows Server 2025 systems using iSCSI. “This is observed on servers operating under NDIS Poll Mode booting from an iSCSI LUN,” the company explained when it acknowledged the bug in late October. “Under such configuration, the server will experience the error during startup, after the installation of Windows Server 2025 is completed.” The iSCSI protocol (short for Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) is a built-in Windows Server component that allows servers to connect to remote storage devices over TCP/IP networks using SCSI commands. This allows them…

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, attackers continually devise new methods to exploit vulnerabilities in endpoints to execute malicious code. One such method that has recently become more and more popular is DLL hijacking. While DLL hijacking attacks can take on many different forms, this blog post will explore a specific type of attack called DLL proxying, providing insights into how it works, the potential risks it poses, and briefly the methodology for discovering these vulnerable DLLs, which led to the discovery of several zero-day vulnerable DLLs that Microsoft has acknowledged but opted to not fix at this time. As…

Whether it tags along via a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or wearable, it seems like the internet follows us wherever we go nowadays. Yet there’s something else that follows us around as well — a growing body of personal info that we create while banking, shopping, and simply browsing the internet. And no doubt about it, our info is terrifically valuable. What makes it so valuable? It’s no exaggeration to say that your personal info is the key to your digital life, along with your financial and civic life as well. Aside from using it to create accounts and logins, it’s…

Thousands and thousands of components go into the assembly of contemporary vehicles. It is impossible for any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to produce all these components themselves. The demand for just-in-time delivery and customization for all these parts has created a huge, unusually integrated supply chain. If even one supplier experiences a cybersecurity breach, the impact can be exponentially damaging for the automotive industry. The weeks of plant downtime not only cause huge production losses for that supplier, but it also creates a ripple effect impacting production and supplier relations further down the chain. Not to mention, the entire supply…

In Part 1, we discussed the importance of collecting good image data and assigning proper labels for your Image Classification project to be successful. Also, we talked about classes and sub-classes of your data. These may seem pretty straight forward concepts, but it’s important to have a solid understanding going forward. So, if you haven’t, please check it out. Now we will discuss how to build the various data sets and the techniques that have worked well for my application. Then in the next part, we will dive into the evaluation of your models, beyond simple accuracy. I will again use…

Why is Cloud Data Safety a Paramount Concern? With the increasing movement of organizations to the cloud, ensuring data security has become a top priority. It’s a well-known fact that organizations thrive on data. But what if this data falls into the wrong hands due to weak cloud security? The results can be catastrophic, leading to financial losses, damaged reputations, and regulatory penalties. Therefore, creating a secure cloud environment is crucial to prevent data breaches. Navigating the Complexity Surrounding Non-Human Identities and Secrets Management Among the multiple facets of cloud data safety, managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets stands out…