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Thousands of security researchers gathered at the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences in Vegas, where a select group was invited to hack a hotel room to exploit vulnerabilities in the Saflok-brand RFID-based keycard locks. The researchers uncovered a technique, Unsaflok, allowing intruders to open millions of hotel rooms worldwide within seconds. Dormakaba, the manufacturer, […]
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VitePress 1.0 has finally been released, a Static Site Generator for fast, content-centric websites. It takes Markdown content, adds a theme, and generates static HTML pages. Used for documentation, blogs, portfolios, and marketing sites, VitePress offers a great Developer Experience with instant server start and advanced features for code blocks. Performance-wise, it combines static HTML […]
During Xata’s launch week, the new open-source framework pgzx was introduced for developing PostgreSQL extensions in Zig. Zig, a modern C-like language, offers safer memory management and a rich standard library. pgzx simplifies Postgres integration by providing utilities, wrappers, and a development environment. Zig’s ability to interoperates with C code makes it a compelling choice […]
Renowned hard science fiction author Vernor Vinge passed away at 79, leaving behind a legacy of influential works. His 1981 novella True Names is credited with introducing the concept of cyberspace. Vinge won multiple Hugo Awards and other prestigious accolades throughout his career. David Brin, in a heartfelt tribute, praises Vinge’s ability to craft vivid […]
GoFetch is a side-channel attack targeting Apple CPUs using data memory-dependent prefetchers (DMPs) to extract secret keys from constant-time cryptographic implementations. The attack can bypass the constant-time programming paradigm by exploiting the DMP’s behavior. GoFetch demonstrates end-to-end key extraction attacks on various cryptographic implementations, such as OpenSSL Diffie-Hellman and RSA, as well as CRYSTALS-Kyber and […]
Dropflow is a CSS layout engine dedicated to pushing the limits of foundational CSS standards. It boasts high-quality text layout capabilities and can handle various world languages. It offers features like float, bidirectional and RTL text, and Hyperscript API for styling with objects. Dropflow is fully typed, handles numerous CSS layout edge cases, and supports […]
Difftastic is a unique CLI diff tool that compares files based on syntax rather than line-by-line, making it easier for humans to read accurate changes. By using tree-sitter, Difftastic can identify inner expressions that haven’t changed and ignore formatting modifications, visualizing wrapping alterations with precision. It also provides real line numbers for better understanding. Surprisingly, […]
The development of teler IDS is currently on hold, but there’s exciting news about a complete refactor for version 3 to enhance the process. Version 3 will utilize eBPF and teler-waf for advanced features. Users can participate in a survey to suggest features for the new version. The system offers real-time threat detection based on […]
Physicists are infiltrating linguistics with the interdisciplinary field of language dynamics, applying models from physics to study language evolution and competition. Referee reports have questioned the seriousness of this research, prompting physicists to react – swearing is one option. A study in Japan analyzed the spread of swear words, revealing patterns similar to diffusion. Language […]
GritQL is a powerful and declarative query language designed for searching and modifying source code. It allows users to start simply without needing to learn AST details, with any code snippet serving as a valid GritQL query. The language is optimized with Rust for scalability, capable of handling repositories with over 10 million lines of […]