EVA Tech BriefIT/DevOps

2026-10-31 - 7:30 PM PKT

Frontier LLMs

GPUs and Silicon

Cloud and Infra

Pakistan Tech

Security

Linux MPTCP flaw allows remote root attacks

Anthropic researchers developed an exploit for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability affecting servers with Multipath TCP (MPTCP) listeners. The reported flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute commands as root, making MPTCP exposure a key distinction when assessing affected infrastructure.

Attackers chain Ivanti Connect Secure flaws for root access

Attackers are chaining three Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities to obtain unauthenticated root access. CISA added two flaws affecting the product to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Friday after active exploitation was observed, placing the issue beyond a theoretical attack scenario.

Dev Tools

Google runs Gemma 4 on a TPU in space

Google's first data center satellite is online, with a Tensor Processing Unit running a DeepMind Gemma 4 model. Its demonstration generated poetry, showing an AI inference workload operating aboard the satellite.

Hardcoded app credential exposes Applebee's customer data

A security researcher discovered a database password embedded in Applebee's app that allowed unrestricted access to customers' personal data. The exposure illustrates how a credential shipped inside a client application can compromise the data behind it.