Episode #223: Website on Children's Snack Compromised and Serving Porn; GenAIVulnerability; Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday addresses 73 CVEs; High-alert Vulnerability in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry; Critical Vulnerability in Zyxel Routers; This Day in Tech History

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Website on Children's Snack Compromised and Serving Porn

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

A UK supermarket chain is recalling four types of children's snacks as the website published on the packaging has been compromised. Usually when a supermarket recalls a food item, it's due to an issue with the food content. In this instance, the recall is due to the website listed on the packaging.

GenAIVulnerability

🇺🇸 Hillary Coover, Washington, DC ↗

Concerned about the security of your conversations with AI chatbots? Discover how a hidden threat called 'prompt injection' could be compromising your privacy and data safety. 

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday addresses 73 CVEs

🇺🇸 Tracy (Trac) Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania↗

Microsoft recently rolled out its August Patch Tuesday updates, and it's crucial for everyone, from individual users to large organizations, to pay attention. Microsoft addressed a staggering total of 73 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs).

High-alert Vulnerability in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

 Today we're talking about a high-alert vulnerability in Ivanti MobileIron Sentry, versions 9.18.0 and below. If you're using one of these vulnerable versions of Ivanti MobileIron Sentry, you're essentially handing over the keys to the kingdom.

Critical Vulnerability in Zyxel Routers

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

Do you have a router in your house that is connected to the internet? Yes, those have firmware too. Firmware that more often than not, we forget to update. Who would hack you? The number of regular folks attacked is growing and proof to this is the vulnerability affecting Zyxel routers.

This Day, September 6, in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

September 6th, 2001. Microsoft announces that consumers can pre-order Windows XP. Windows XP would remain Microsoft's flagship operating system for over five years until the release of Windows Vista in January of 2007.