On January 25 th 2003, the Slammer worm exploited a vulnerability in SQL Server 2000, to execute a buffer overflow attack, affecting customers of Microsoft’s relational database management system.

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Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has highlighted a potentially dangerous misunderstanding surrounding emergent prompt injection attacks against generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ...

The oldest and best-known preprint repository, arXiv, has announced that it will no longer accept review or position papers in computer science. The website will make exceptions only for papers that ...

A prominent computer science professor at one of the world’s most prestigious universities says his graduates are struggling to find work — a far cry from just four years ago when they had their pick ...

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Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

A serious security issue has been discovered in the WordPress Paid Membership Subscriptions plugin, which is used by over 10,000 sites to manage memberships and recurring payments. Versions 2.15.1 and ...

RUNNING DRY: When desalination plants remove salt from water, they're left with concentrated brine that needs to go somewhere. Deep well injection pushes this waste up to a mile underground using high ...

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