Apr 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series gateways to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20035 (CVSS score: 7.2), relates to a case of operating system command injection that could result in code execution. "Improper neutralization of special elements in the SMA100 management interface allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary commands as a 'nobody' user, which could potentially lead to code execution," SonicWall said in an advisory released in September 2021. The flaw impacts SMA 200, SMA 210, SMA 400, SMA 410, and SMA 500v (ESX, KVM, AWS, Azure) devices running the following versions - 10.2.1.0-17sv and earlier (Fixed in 10.2.1.1-19sv and higher) 10.2.0.7-34sv and earlier (Fixed in 10.2.0.8-37sv and higher) 9.0.0.10-28sv and earlier (Fixed in 9.0.0.11-31sv and higher) While the exact details surrounding the exploitation of CVE-2021-20035 are presently unknown, SonicWall has since revised the bulletin to acknowledge that "this vulnerability is potentially being exploited in the wild." Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are required to apply the necessary mitigations by May 7, 2025, to secure their networks against active threats. Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE    

I didn’t grow up in social housing. My childhood was spent in an architecturally unremarkable housing development in a picture-postcard Bedfordshire village. My understanding of council homes was, if I’m honest, limited and filtered through stereotypes. It wasn’t until I started working in the built environment that I began to grasp what social housing really meant: not just shelter but something that could fundamentally change lives. One early project with CityWest Homes underlined that. We converted a two-bed flat into a four-bedroom duplex in a prime London postcode. It was, at the time, the biggest and most complex job we’d taken on. When the work was done, I walked the site with the client, proud of the team’s achievement. A young girl living there thanked me. I nodded politely, but she stopped me. ‘No, you don’t understand,’ she said. ‘I finally have my own room. I used to share with my brothers. Now I can do my homework. I want to be a doctor, and now I have somewhere to study.’ That moment reframed everything. Small privileges we take for granted, like a space to think, are often the foundations for ambition. A good home can unlock someone’s potential. So, the recent news that families in parts of England face waits of over 100 years for suitably sized social homes shines a harsh light on what the housing crisis actually means.Advertisement Research from the National Housing Federation, Shelter, and Crisis found that in 32 council areas, the wait is longer than 18 years. In some London boroughs, it’s over a century. More than 1.3 million families are on waiting lists. A record 164,000 children live in temporary accommodation. These aren’t numbers; they’re lives paused. This isn’t just a crisis; it’s a moral collapse. And it’s not even surprising. In my ‘Ghost of Housing’ column, I warned that the unthinkable was becoming inevitable thanks to the consequences of decades of inertia. We need to abandon the fantasy that the market will fix this Even with the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes during this Parliament, the elephant in the room is social housing. It’s expensive, risky, and currently unviable. Developers are lining up to build luxury flats, but ask for decent homes for working families, and you’ll hear silence. Why? Because the numbers don’t stack up. We lack skilled labour. We lack incentives. And we’re operating under a planning system that actively works against what we need. The government may be saying the right things, but it needs to show the courage to act. That means radical legislative reform: easy-build zones, streamlined permissions, tax incentives, and rethinking ownership models. And we must upskill the entire industry to ensure we have the right people working in the right areas.Advertisement We also need to abandon the fantasy that the market will fix this. Help to Buy and shared ownership are sticking plasters. Social housing isn’t a safety net; it’s the foundation of a fair society. A century-long wait is a national disgrace. We can’t keep recycling the same discussions while the crisis deepens. Those of us in the industry must speak plainly and act collectively. I hear many views on what needs to change: housing density, green or grey belt use, rural or edge-of-city growth, land valuations, planning reform. And they’re all valid. We need all of these solutions. That’s what the 100-year waiting list reminded me about. We can’t wait for a single, unified masterplan to emerge, because time isn’t on our side. Instead, we need to back every serious idea that could meaningfully shift the dial. That means supporting colleagues who advocate for densification and infill as much as those calling for land release on the green or grey belt. It means listening to planners and architects, local authorities and housing associations. Each can add a piece of the puzzle. Above all, it means speaking clearly and with urgency. If you’re working in this space, your voice matters. If you have a solution, however local or specific, it’s worth hearing. The problem we face is too big for silence or for silos. So speak up, speak out, and support each other. We are running out of time. Kunle Barker is a property expert, journalist and broadcaster  2025-04-17 Kunle Barker comment and share

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The Switch 2 is also backwards compatible.Switch 2 is an evolution of the original device in all sorts of ways, but there's also a fair bit of overlap with current and existing systems in place.With this in consideration, Nintendo has today issued a reminder about how the current Switch Online game voucher service isn't eligible with Switch 2 exclusives. In other words, you can't redeem games like Mario Kart World or Donkey Kong Bananza which have now been confirmed as games exclusively available for Switch 2.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, a fascinating documentary looking at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from large asteroids spotted coming our way.  The 75-minute production (above) features the astronomers and scientists who are working tirelessly to identify and monitor asteroids considered a potential threat — including, briefly, this one that made headlines earlier this year. Planetary Defenders captures “the intricate and collaborative efforts of these unsung heroes, blending cutting-edge science with personal stories to reveal the human spirit behind this critical global endeavor,” NASA said, adding: “Witness the drama, the challenges, and the triumphs of those on the front lines of planetary defense.” Related The documentary’s trailer should certainly be enough to whet your appetite. It’s full of contributors offering some pretty dramatic takes on the issue of incoming asteroids.  “Those objects are big enough to cause what we would call truly global devastation, meaning that they could cause global extinction events,” says one. “The good news is that we’ve found more than about 95% of them. When we get down to smaller objects, things that are larger than, let’s say, about 100 meters across or so, the picture is not so rosy.”  Another helpfully points out: “The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn’t have a space program. We do have one.” But then someone else pipes up: “The day is coming when the Earth will get impacted.” Another contributor adds: “There’s almost certainly a decent-sized astroid out there that is going to pose an impact threat to the planet. We’re just trying to find it right now.” Rest assured, some smarts minds are tackling the issue not only of finding potentially hazardous objects, but also how we might prevent them from slamming into Earth and ruining our day.  An example of this impressive work was NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which became the first mission to successfully demonstrate the ability to redirect an asteroid as a method of planetary defense.  Launched in 2021, DART targeted Dimorphos, a small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos — neither of which posed a threat to Earth. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, intentionally collided with Dimorphos in September 2022, with the impact altering Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos, proving that it is possible to change the course of an asteroid.  DART’s success means that humanity now has a proven, scalable technology for asteroid deflection, and the technical foundation to develop more robust planetary defense systems in the future. Let’s just hope they can nail the technology before a biggie comes along. Editors’ Recommendations

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