Month: March 2022

The maintainers of OpenSSL have shipped patches to resolve a high-severity security flaw in its software library that could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition when parsing certificates. Tracked as CVE-2022-0778 (CVSS score: 7.5), the issue stems from parsing a malformed certificate with invalid explicit elliptic-curve parameters, resulting in what’s called an “infinite loop.” The
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Apple’s iPhone production will not take a big hit from Foxconn’s suspension of operations in the Chinese city of Shenzen, which is facing fresh curbs to contain a COVID outbreak, JP Morgan analysts said. Apple’s key supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, said it had suspended operations in Shenzhen until further notice and
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Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky on Tuesday responded to an advisory released by Germany’s Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) against using the company’s security solutions in the country over “doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer.” Calling that the decision was made on “political grounds,” the company said it will “continue to assure our partners
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Snapchat on Wednesday announced the expansion of its augmented reality (AR) focused feature Landmarkers that will now be available to all as Custom Landmarkers through Lens Studio. Custom Landmakers will allow creators on the platform to develop AR filters — known as Lenses —that can be anchored to local places and allow Snapchatters to create
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