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Kate Brumback / Associated Press: CISA says Dominion's voting machines used in at least 16 states have nine vulnerabilities that have not been exploited, and suggests mitigation measures — ATLANTA (AP) — Electronic voting machines from a leading vendor used in at least 16 states have software vulnerabilities that leave … Kate Brumback / Associated Press: CISA says Dominion's voting machines used in at least 16 states have nine vulnerabilities that have not been exploited, and…

Gig workers are exploited through promises of a flexible algorithm according to a new study published by Flinders University, contending that an out-of-court settled case involving an Uber Eats driver epitomised the problems still facing Australia's digital platform economy.An absence of definitions over employment in gig economy work and the vulnerabilities of temporary migrants and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are the key issues facing the industry according to the study, Worker…

Vishal Chawla / The Block: BlockSec: a buggy smart contract of Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks with synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months — Quick Take — The exploit was accidentally discovered by a Terra community member last week. — It has been confirmed by security analysts BlockSec. Vishal Chawla / The Block: BlockSec: a buggy smart contract of Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks with synthetic assets, was…

Plenty to keep the security team busy: the US cybersecurity authority is urging everyone to patch a number of software flaws, including some older ones in Microsoft's Silverlight plug-in and Adobe Flash Player. The Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three batches of must-fix bugs to its catalog of known exploited software vulnerabilities this week. The first covered 21 bugs, the second 20 known exploited bugs and the third covers a further 34. US federal agencies are required to patch the flaws…

Apple is rolling out macOS 12.2.1 to all users, fixing an important security flaw alongside bug fixes. The company previously released macOS Monterey 12.2 in January with several security fixes and is currently beta testing macOS 12.3. The latest update also fixes a bug on Intel-based MacBook models that caused the battery to drain while sleeping. Meanwhile, owners of Apple's newer M1-based MacBook models may have to wait until macOS 12.3 is released to resolve the same Bluetooth battery drain issue.macOS 12.2.1: What's…