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Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years
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Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability that makes it easy for untrusted users to execute code capable of carrying out a host of malicious actions including installing backdoors, creating unauthorized user accounts, and modifying scripts or binaries used by privileged services or apps. Dirty Pipe, as the vulnerability has been named,…

Utah’s red rock towers shake and shimmy to a predictable beat
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Utah’s red rock towers shake and shimmy to a predictable beat

Enlarge / Eagle Plume Tower in Bears Ears, Utah. Geologists at the University of Utah have developed a mathematical model to predict the fundamental resonant frequencies of this and similar formations based on the formations' geometry and material properties. (credit: Geohazards Research Group) The striking red rock towers and arch formations peppered throughout Southern Utah…

Garmin teases new running watch for 7 March launch

Garmin has teased the launch of a new running wearable – and it could be about to focus on form and technique. A tweet from the Garmin account announced that it would launch the new running device on 7 March – today – so there’s not too long to wait. The teaser talks about the…

Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands
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Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

Enlarge / A group of Amazon Echo smart speakers, including Echo Studio, Echo, and Echo Dot models. (Photo by Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images) (credit: T3 Magazine/Getty Images) Academic researchers have devised a new working exploit that commandeers Amazon Echo smart speakers and forces them to unlock doors, make phone calls and unauthorized purchases,…