Hold onto your hats, folks, because the cybersecurity world is anything but quiet! Last week, we dodged a bullet when we discovered vulnerabilities in CUPS that could’ve opened the door to remote attacks. Google’s switch to Rust is paying off big time, slashing memory-related vulnerabilities in Android.
But it wasn’t all good news – Kaspersky’s forced exit from the US market left users with more questions than answers. And don’t even get us started on the Kia cars that could’ve been hijacked with just a license plate!
Let’s unpack these stories and more, and arm ourselves with the knowledge to stay safe in this ever-evolving digital landscape.
⚡ Threat of the Week
Flaws Found in CUPS: A new set of security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) on Linux systems that could permit remote command execution under certain conditions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux tagged the issues as Important in severity, given that the real-world impact is likely to be low due to the prerequisites necessary to pull off a successful exploit.
🔔 Top News
- Google’s Touts Shift to Rust: The pivot to memory-safe languages such as Rust for Android has led to the percentage of memory-safe vulnerabilities discovered in Android dropping from 76% to 24% over a period of six years. The development comes as Google and Arm’s increased collaboration has made it possible to flag multiple shortcomings and elevate the overall security of the GPU software… (truncated)
