security – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:26:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 [Webinar] AI Is Already Inside Your SaaS Stack — Learn How to Prevent the Next Silent Breach https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/webinar-ai-is-already-inside-your-saas-stack-learn-how-to-prevent-the-next-silent-breach https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/webinar-ai-is-already-inside-your-saas-stack-learn-how-to-prevent-the-next-silent-breach#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:26:07 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/webinar-ai-is-already-inside-your-saas-stack-learn-how-to-prevent-the-next-silent-breach

AI use in SaaS tools bypasses security controls, creating shadow integrations and real breach risks.

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ASUS warns of critical auth bypass flaw in routers using AiCloud https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/asus-warns-of-critical-auth-bypass-flaw-in-routers-using-aicloud https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/asus-warns-of-critical-auth-bypass-flaw-in-routers-using-aicloud#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:24:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/asus-warns-of-critical-auth-bypass-flaw-in-routers-using-aicloud

ASUS is warning about an authentication bypass vulnerability in routers with AiCloud enabled that could allow remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution of functions on the device.

The vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2025–2492 and rated critical (CVSS v4 score: 9.2), is remotely exploitable via a specially crafted request and requires no authentication, making it particularly dangerous.

“An improper authentication control vulnerability exists in certain ASUS router firmware series,” reads the vendor’s bulletin.

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Finger-shaped tactile sensor advances robotic touch with multi-directional force detection and material identification https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/finger-shaped-tactile-sensor-advances-robotic-touch-with-multi-directional-force-detection-and-material-identification https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/finger-shaped-tactile-sensor-advances-robotic-touch-with-multi-directional-force-detection-and-material-identification#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 07:16:44 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/finger-shaped-tactile-sensor-advances-robotic-touch-with-multi-directional-force-detection-and-material-identification

The development of increasingly sophisticated sensors can facilitate the advancement of various technologies, including robots, security systems, virtual reality (VR) equipment and sophisticated prosthetics. Multimodal tactile sensors, which can pick up different types of touch-related information (e.g., pressure, texture and type of material), are among the most promising for applications that can benefit from the artificial replication of the human sense of touch.

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Niamh Peren | From Neurons to Networks: Whole Brain Emulation @ Vision Weekend 2025, Puerto Rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niamh-peren-from-neurons-to-networks-whole-brain-emulation-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niamh-peren-from-neurons-to-networks-whole-brain-emulation-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:18:53 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niamh-peren-from-neurons-to-networks-whole-brain-emulation-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico

*This video was recorded at Foresight’s Vision Weekend 2025 in Puerto Rico*
https://foresight.org/vw2025pr/

Our Vision Weekends are the annual festivals of Foresight Institute. Held in two countries, over two weekends, you are invited to burst your tech silos and plan for flourishing long-term futures. This playlist captures the magic of our Puerto Rico edition, held February 21–23, 2025, in the heart of Old San Juan. Come for the ideas: join the conference, unconference, mentorship hours, curated 1-1s, tech demos, biohacking sessions, prize awards, and much more. Stay for fun with new friends: join the satellite gatherings, solarpunk future salsa night, beach picnic, and surprise island adventures. This year’s main conference track is dedicated to “Paths to Progress”; meaning you will hear 20+ invited presentations from Foresight’s core community highlighting paths to progress in the following areas: Existential Hope Futures, Longevity, Rejuvenation, Cryonics, Neurotech, BCIs & WBEs, Cryptography, Security & AI, Fusion, Energy, Space, and Funding, Innovation, Progress.
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*About The Foresight Institute*

The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1986 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. From molecular nanotechnology, to brain-computer interfaces, space exploration, cryptocommerce, and AI, Foresight gathers leading minds to advance research and accelerate progress toward flourishing futures.

*We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page:* https://foresight.org/donate/

*Visit* https://foresight.org, *subscribe to our channel for more videos or join us here:*

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Yuri Deigin | Brain Rejuvenation by Partial Reprogramming @ Vision Weekend 2025, Puerto Rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/yuri-deigin-brain-rejuvenation-by-partial-reprogramming-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/yuri-deigin-brain-rejuvenation-by-partial-reprogramming-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:18:10 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/yuri-deigin-brain-rejuvenation-by-partial-reprogramming-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico

*This video was recorded at Foresight’s Vision Weekend 2025 in Puerto Rico*
https://foresight.org/vw2025pr/

Our Vision Weekends are the annual festivals of Foresight Institute. Held in two countries, over two weekends, you are invited to burst your tech silos and plan for flourishing long-term futures. This playlist captures the magic of our Puerto Rico edition, held February 21–23, 2025, in the heart of Old San Juan. Come for the ideas: join the conference, unconference, mentorship hours, curated 1-1s, tech demos, biohacking sessions, prize awards, and much more. Stay for fun with new friends: join the satellite gatherings, solarpunk future salsa night, beach picnic, and surprise island adventures. This year’s main conference track is dedicated to “Paths to Progress”; meaning you will hear 20+ invited presentations from Foresight’s core community highlighting paths to progress in the following areas: Existential Hope Futures, Longevity, Rejuvenation, Cryonics, Neurotech, BCIs & WBEs, Cryptography, Security & AI, Fusion, Energy, Space, and Funding, Innovation, Progress.
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*About The Foresight Institute*

The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1986 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. From molecular nanotechnology, to brain-computer interfaces, space exploration, cryptocommerce, and AI, Foresight gathers leading minds to advance research and accelerate progress toward flourishing futures.

*We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page:* https://foresight.org/donate/

*Visit* https://foresight.org, *subscribe to our channel for more videos or join us here:*

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Niccolo Zanichelli | The State of Brain Emulation in 2025 @ Vision Weekend 2025, Puerto Rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niccolo-zanichelli-the-state-of-brain-emulation-in-2025-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niccolo-zanichelli-the-state-of-brain-emulation-in-2025-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 02:17:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/niccolo-zanichelli-the-state-of-brain-emulation-in-2025-vision-weekend-2025-puerto-rico

*This video was recorded at Foresight’s Vision Weekend 2025 in Puerto Rico*
https://foresight.org/vw2025pr/

Our Vision Weekends are the annual festivals of Foresight Institute. Held in two countries, over two weekends, you are invited to burst your tech silos and plan for flourishing long-term futures. This playlist captures the magic of our Puerto Rico edition, held February 21–23, 2025, in the heart of Old San Juan. Come for the ideas: join the conference, unconference, mentorship hours, curated 1-1s, tech demos, biohacking sessions, prize awards, and much more. Stay for fun with new friends: join the satellite gatherings, solarpunk future salsa night, beach picnic, and surprise island adventures. This year’s main conference track is dedicated to “Paths to Progress”; meaning you will hear 20+ invited presentations from Foresight’s core community highlighting paths to progress in the following areas: Existential Hope Futures, Longevity, Rejuvenation, Cryonics, Neurotech, BCIs & WBEs, Cryptography, Security & AI, Fusion, Energy, Space, and Funding, Innovation, Progress.
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*About The Foresight Institute*

The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1986 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. From molecular nanotechnology, to brain-computer interfaces, space exploration, cryptocommerce, and AI, Foresight gathers leading minds to advance research and accelerate progress toward flourishing futures.

*We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page:* https://foresight.org/donate/

*Visit* https://foresight.org, *subscribe to our channel for more videos or join us here:*

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Space Forge sees LEO as key to strengthening US chip independence https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/space-forge-sees-leo-as-key-to-strengthening-us-chip-independence https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/space-forge-sees-leo-as-key-to-strengthening-us-chip-independence#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:28:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/space-forge-sees-leo-as-key-to-strengthening-us-chip-independence

TAMPA, Fla. — British in-orbit manufacturing venture Space Forge has appointed technology veteran Atul Kumar to set up a semiconductor business in the United States, aiming to bolster domestic chip production as efforts to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers gather pace.

Kumar, a materials scientist with more than two decades of experience in the sector, is tasked with developing manufacturing operations under Space Forge’s U.S. subsidiary to support the terrestrial and in-space growth of semiconductor substrates, the company announced April 10.

The move comes as the U.S. ramps up efforts to reduce its dependence on chips from abroad, driven by supply chain disruptions, national security concerns and mounting trade tensions — particularly with China.

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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin auth bypass hours after disclosure https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-auth-bypass-hours-after-disclosure https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-auth-bypass-hours-after-disclosure#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:18:04 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-auth-bypass-hours-after-disclosure

Hackers started exploiting a high-severity flaw that allows bypassing authentication in the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) plugin for WordPress just hours after public disclosure.

Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version of OttoKit/SureTriggers, currently 1.0.79, released at the beginning of the month.

The OttoKit WordPress plugin allows users to connect plugins and external tools like WooCommerce, Mailchimp, and Google Sheets, automate tasks like sending emails and adding users, or updating CRMs without code. Statistics show that the product is active on 100,000 websites.

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Microsoft releases emergency update to fix Office 2016 crashes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/microsoft-releases-emergency-update-to-fix-office-2016-crashes https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/microsoft-releases-emergency-update-to-fix-office-2016-crashes#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:17:49 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/microsoft-releases-emergency-update-to-fix-office-2016-crashes

Microsoft has released an out-of-band Office update to fix a known issue that caused Word, Excel, and Outlook to crash after installing the KB5002700 security update for Office 2016.

The company acknowledged these problems following user reports on social media that Office apps no longer open after applying the April 2025 security updates.

“We’re experiencing an issue on Windows 10 with Office 2016 where Word and Excel no longer open,” one impacted Office user said.

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Clean Energy Shift a Strategic Win for Most Countries https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/clean-energy-shift-a-strategic-win-for-most-countries https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/clean-energy-shift-a-strategic-win-for-most-countries#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:15:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/clean-energy-shift-a-strategic-win-for-most-countries

How can clean energy conversion benefit countries worldwide, specifically regarding trade and security for fossil fuels that are being replaced? This is wh | Earth And The Environment

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