Alex Ivanovs

Alex is the lead editor at Stack Diary and covers stories on tech, artificial intelligence, security, privacy and web development. He previously worked as a lead contributor for Huffington Post for their Code column.

324 Articles

Security

Security flaw in Quick Share allows unsolicited file sending

Google has warned about two security vulnerabilities in its Quick Share software, also known as Nearby Share. These vulnerabilities affect…

June 27, 2024 1 min read

Exploring Memory Safety in Critical Open Source Projects

Security

Major open source projects created with ‘memory unsafe’ languages

The FBI, NSA, CISA, and cyber agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have investigated 172 major…

June 27, 2024 1 min read

Cloudflare and Namecheap take a stand against Polyfill

Security

Polyfill.io gets dealt with by Cloudflare and Namecheap

A widespread supply chain attack involving the Polyfill.io service has led to swift action from major internet infrastructure providers. Over…

June 27, 2024 3 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Google: AI-generated newsreaders used in influencer campaign

Google said today that a YouTube campaign has used AI-generated news readers to influence people. The “news readers” appeared earlier…

June 26, 2024 2 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Stand-up comedy: LLMs don’t write good jokes

Can artificial intelligence write a funny comedy program? Researchers at Google DeepMind had comedians try it out, and the results…

June 26, 2024 2 min read

Progress warns of leak that gives access to MOVEit Transfer servers

Security

Progress patches severe auth bypass in MOVEit Transfer

Software company Progress has issued a warning about a critical vulnerability in their MOVEit Transfer product. The flaw, identified as…

June 26, 2024 3 min read

Security

Apple patches Bluetooth flaw allowing AirPods access

Apple has released firmware updates for several wireless headphone models to fix security issues. The updates affect AirPods (2nd generation…

June 26, 2024 1 min read

Security

Polyfill compromise hits 100,000+ sites in a supply chain attack

Update: Both Cloudflare and Namecheap have taken drastic actions to discourage the spread of malware by the Poyfill.io domain name….

June 26, 2024 2 min read

High-Install WordPress Plugins Compromised by Backdoor Attack

Security

Backdoor found in WordPress plugins with 35,000+ installations

According to reports from security experts at Wordfence, five plugins available through the official WordPress.org repository have been compromised in…

June 25, 2024 2 min read