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Google Patches Yet Another Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability
Google has rolled out fixes to address a set of nine security issues in its Chrome browser, including a new zero-day that has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4947, the vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. It was reported by Kaspersky researchers Vasily Berdnikov and Boris
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NW Natural, facing ‘electrify everything’ headwind, embraces Bill Gates-backed tech
In a first, small amounts of clean-burning hydrogen are flowing into the NW Natural distribution system.
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Leatherman CEO Ben Rivera on being a tinkerer and using an item he designed on a landmark day
Rivera became CEO of the Portland-founded family-owned company in 2013 after over two decades with the company as a manufacturing engineer.
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Kotek looks to give Port of Portland $40M to keep Terminal 6 open
The Port has faced funding shortfalls and cuts that have resulted in what is projected to be a $14 million shortfall from container service this year.
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Exclusive: Downtown Portland hotel once again faces foreclosure
Its owners are in danger of losing the upscale hotel thanks to lingering debt and a tepid market for guest rooms.
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Sports Bra owner named Rose Festival parade grand marshal
Nguyen will be feted at an event she fondly remembers attending as a child.
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New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks
Researchers have discovered a new security vulnerability stemming from a design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that tricks victims into connecting to a less secure wireless network and eavesdrop on their network traffic. The SSID Confusion attack, tracked as CVE-2023-52424, impacts all operating systems and Wi-Fi clients, including home and mesh networks that are based on
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North Korean Hackers Exploit Facebook Messenger in Targeted Malware Campaign
The North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group has been attributed to a new social engineering attack that employs fictitious Facebook accounts to targets via Messenger and ultimately delivers malware. “The threat actor created a Facebook account with a fake identity disguised as a public official working in the North Korean human rights field,” South Korean cybersecurity company Genians
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Researchers Uncover 11 Security Flaws in GE HealthCare Ultrasound Machines
Security researchers have disclosed almost a dozen security flaws impacting the GE HealthCare Vivid Ultrasound product family that could be exploited by malicious actors to tamper with patient data and even install ransomware under certain circumstances. “The impacts enabled by these flaws are manifold: from the implant of ransomware on the ultrasound machine to the…
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Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat actor it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks. “Storm-1811 is a financially motivated cybercriminal group known to deploy Black Basta ransomware,” the company said in a report published on May 15, 2024. The
