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Security researchers at Wiz discover another major Azure vulnerability

Enlarge / This isn’t how the OMIGOD vulnerability works, of course—but lightning is much more photogenic than maliciously crafted XML. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Cloud security vendor Wiz—which recently made news by discovering a massive vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s CosmosDB-managed database service—has found another hole in Azure. The new vulnerability impacts Linux virtual machines […]

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Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse

Enlarge / This is definitely not a Razer mouse—but you get the idea. (credit: calvio via Getty Images ) This weekend, security researcher jonhat disclosed a long-standing security bug in the Synapse software associated with Razer gaming mice. During software installation, the wizard produces a clickable link to the location where the software will be […]