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Lightbits Labs launched LightOS 2.0, enabling full cloud-native persistent storage integration for Kubernetes with unprecedented scaling and availability via clustering. LightOS 2.0 leverages a Container Storage Interface plugin for Kubernetes to address the growing need for third-party storage support for stateful container storage needs.
With Flash Player's Dec. 31, 2020 kill date quickly approaching, Adobe said that it will start prompting users to uninstall the software in the coming months. In a new post on its Adobe Flash Player EOL information page, Adobe said that after Dec. 31, it will freeze updates for Flash, remove Flash Player download links from its website, and block Flash-based content from running in Adobe Flash Player.
Infineon announced the addition of Semper Secure to its award-winning Semper NOR Flash memory platform. Based on Semper NOR Flash's field-proven and robust smart memory architecture, Semper Secure NOR Flash is the first memory solution to combine security and functional safety in a single NOR flash device to deliver the security, safety, and reliability required for the most advanced connected automotive, industrial, and communications systems.
Adobe on Tuesday announced the release of security updates for its Flash Player, Framemaker and Experience Manager products. In Flash Player, for which Adobe plans on providing security updates only until the end of the year, the company patched a critical use-after-free bug that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Adobe released patches for four critical flaws in Flash Player and in its Framemaker document processor as part of its regularly scheduled updates. In Tuesday's June Adobe security updates, critical flaws tied to three CVEs were patched in Adobe Framemaker, which is Adobe's application designed for writing and editing large or complex documents.
It's possible to extract data from a computer via its Thunderbolt port - once you've got the case off, plugged in a flash programmer, and reprogrammed the controller's firmware to grant access. A miscreant would need to have physical access to the machine long enough to unscrew the case, attach an SPI flash programmer with an SOP8 clip to rewrite the Thunderbolt port controller's firmware to unlock access, and then attach a device to the interface to copy data via PCIe and DMA through the port, and then, if necessary, flash back the original firmware and fit the computer back together.
An extensive campaign has surfaced that targets Windows users belonging to a specific Asian religious and ethnic group. While the Uighurs - an ethnic and religious minority in China - have been the targets of multiple cyberattacks and surveillance in the past, the firm said that it couldn't reveal the identity of the target group.
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Adobe has released patches addressing a wave of critical flaws in its Framemaker and Flash Player products, which, if exploited, could lead to arbitrary code-execution. Overall, Adobe stomped out flaws tied to 42 CVEs for its regularly scheduled February updates, with 35 of those flaws being critical in severity.
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