Software developers using the open-source Apache OFBiz enterprise resource management and e-commerce suite are being urged to apply the latest security update after the discovery of a critical vulnerability that could allow a business to be hacked. In technical terms, the vulnerability is called a Java serialization problem. Briefly, serialization converts a Java object into a byte stream which can be saved into a file on a local disk or sent over the network to any other machine. Deserialization reverses the process, restoring the serialized byte stream to an object again. This particular bug in OFBiz allows unsafe deserialization in versions prior to 17.12.06. “An unauthenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to successfully take over Apache OFBiz,” notes the description… Source link

Adobe has released out-of-band security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting ColdFusion versions 2021, 2016, and 2018. Today’s emergency updates patch an arbitrary code execution security flaw caused by an Improper Input Validation software vulnerability. Adobe released ColdFusion 2016 Update 17, ColdFusion 2018 Update 11, and ColdFusion 2021 Update 1 to patch the vulnerability and said that all previous versions before these patches are vulnerable to attacks. Updates to latest JDK also required to secure servers In the security bulletin published today, Adobe tagged the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21087 with “priority rating 2,” assigned to flaws with no known exploits affecting products that have historically been at elevated risk. Adobe recommends… Source link

Attackers can leverage the critical Adobe ColdFusion flaw to launch arbitrary code execution attacks. In an unscheduled security update, Adobe is warning of a critical security flaw in its ColdFusion platform, used for building web applications. The security alert comes two weeks after Adobe’s regularly-scheduled updates. During these updates, the tech company issued patches for a slew of critical security vulnerabilities, which, if exploited, could allow for arbitrary code execution on vulnerable Windows systems. The latest flaw (CVE-2021-21087) exists in ColdFusion versions 2016 (Update 16 and earlier), 2018 (Update 10 and earlier) and 2021 (Version 2021.0.0.323925), and… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Whether Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Navy Researchers Reopen Case  IEEE Spectrum Source link

Utrecht, a largely bicycle-propelled city of 350,000 just south of Amsterdam, has become a proving ground for the bidirectional-charging techniques that have the rapt interest of automakers, engineers, city managers, and power utilities the world over. This initiative is taking place in an environment where everyday citizens want to travel without causing emissions and are increasingly aware of the value of renewables and energy security. “We wanted to change,” says Eelco Eerenberg, one of Utrecht’s deputy mayors and alderman for development, education, and public health. And part of the change involves extending the city’s EV-charging network. “We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.” So it’s a good moment to consider where… Source link

Today, still at Google, we remain hopeful. And we’re happy to say that we got a few things wrong. In particular, renewable energy systems have come down in price faster than we expected, and adoption has surged beyond the predictions we cited in 2014. Engineers can further scale up mature technologies such as wind [1] and solar power [2]. Other nascent technologies require considerable innovation, such as hydrogen-powered planes [3] and electric-arc furnaces for steel production [4]. To counteract the worst immediate impacts of climate change, weChris Philpot Our earlier article referred to “breakthrough” price targets ( modeled in collaboration with the consulting firm McKinsey & Co.) that could lead to a 55 percent reduction in U.S. emissions by 2050. Since then, wind and… Source link

The investment bank cited Dennis Whyte, professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT, who said the university’s NET SPARC project expects to achieve net energy gain from fusion by 2025 and that commercial applications for the technology “could follow in the 2030s” Analysts at UBS, citing professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have said nuclear fusion as a viable energy source, one of the biggest prizes in mankind’s drive for unlimited clean power, could become a reality by 2025 and commercially available in the next decade. In a note on Monday, the Swiss bank said Dennis Whyte, professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT, had highlighted that the university’s NET SPARC project expects to achieve net fusion energy gain, when the power… Source link

Our Island shares its names with people, places, and products around the world, some for historically connected reasons and others by coincidence, complicating our Google searches and rerouting our Amazon orders. Tisbury and Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard are named after the twin villages of Tisbury and Chilmark in Wiltshire, England. Taking a drive down English Google Street View, it seems that the latter are separated today by three miles of distinctively British hedgerows and sheep pastures along narrow Chilmark Road. (Edgartown, named after a dead royal baby, is said to be unique in the world.) Wiltshire’s Chilmark, population 525, is known for its limestone quarries dating back to Roman times. Since the 15th century, the… Source link

A quick rundown of the new craze, NFT’s.  This uses blockchain to prove who is the one and only owner of… well, anything.  Clearly useful, however currently it’s being used elsewhere with some surprising results… Video courtesy of ColdFusion Source link

If Apple and other tech companies have their way, it will only become harder to have our phones and other devices repaired by third-party businesses. Smartphones and many other tech devices are increasingly being designed in ways that make it challenging to repair or replace individual components. This might involve soldering the processor and flash memory to the motherboard, gluing components together unnecessarily, or using non-standard pentalobe screws which make replacements problematic. Many submissions to an Australian “right to repair” inquiry have called on tech manufacturers to provide a fair and competitive market for repairs, and produce products that are easily repairable. The right to repair refers to consumers’ ability to have their… Source link