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Protocol Buffers schemas expose remote code execution risk

Researchers at Cyera found six vulnerabilities in protobuf.js, including a flaw that can turn attacker-controlled schema data into executable code and expose downstream software supply chains. A ...
Ars Technica

Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and ...
IEEE

Cross-Language Performance and Usability Comparison of JSON, XML and Protocol Buffers in Java, JavaScript and Python

Abstract: Selecting an appropriate data serialization method is critical for managing latency, network bandwidth, and system maintainability in modern distributed architectures. In this study, a ...
Forbes

Samsung Is Retiring Its Messages App — What Galaxy Users Need To Know

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. All change for Galaxy. This is your six-week warning. Samsung first launched its texting app ...
The Conversation

Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?

As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta, in announcing the policy reversal, said it had done so because few people used the feature. But this has ...
Popular Mechanics

Physicists Say It’s Possible to Send Messages Backward in Time

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Inspired by the movie Interstellar, a team of researchers figured out—at least hypothetically—how to send messages to the past. The researchers ...
9to5google

Google Messages read receipts redesign continues with old icons, swipe for time

Earlier this year, Google Messages seemed to have settled on a new design for read receipts. The RCS app rolled that back, but is now pursuing one element of that big redesign. The major read receipts ...
Forbes

How To Keep Your Texts After Samsung Shuts Down Messaging

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Samsung ends Messages app in July. Samsung confirms its Messages app will shut down in July, ...
ZDNet

Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I'd switch to now

Samsung is killing its messaging app in July. Users in the US with Android v12 or newer need to switch. There are plenty of superior options to choose from. Multiple reports have been issued that ...
BGR

Tired Of Google Messages? These 4 Texting Apps Might Be Better For You

Google Messages is the texting app that comes pre-installed on all new Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. It surpassed one billion active users way back in 2023 and has over 10 billion downloads ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...